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We describe a single step, second-order accurate Godunov scheme for ideal MHD based on combining the piecewise parabolic method (PPM) for performing spatial reconstruction, the corner transport upwind (CTU) method of Colella for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas A. Gardiner , James M. Stone

We introduce a novel structure-preserving method in order to approximate the compressible ideal Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. This technique addresses the MHD equations using a non-divergence formulation, where the contributions of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Tuan Anh Dao , Murtazo Nazarov , Ignacio Tomas

This paper proposes a numerical method, termed PosDiv-CDG, that provably preserves both positivity and the globally divergence-free (DF) condition at arbitrarily high order in multiple dimensions. It resolves the fundamental structural…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Ruifang Yan , Huihui Cao , Kailiang Wu

We propose and analyze two convection quasi-robust and pressure robust finite element methods for a fully nonlinear time-dependent magnetohydrodynamics problem. Both methods employ the $H_{\rm div}$ conforming BDM element coupled with an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-12 L. Beirão da Veiga , F. Dassi , G. Vacca

This paper first studies the admissible state set $\mathcal G$ of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD). It paves a way for developing physical-constraints-preserving (PCP) schemes for RMHD equations with the solutions in $\mathcal G$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Kailiang Wu , Huazhong Tang

Higher order finite volume schemes for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) are very valuable because they allow us to carry out astrophysical simulations with very high accuracy. However, astrophysical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-16 Dinshaw S. Balsara , Deepak Bhoriya , Chetan Singh , Harish Kumar , Roger Käppeli , Federico Gatti

This paper studies the physical-constraints-preserving (PCP) Lagrangian finite volume schemes for one- and two-dimensional special relativistic hydrodynamic (RHD) equations. First, the PCP property (i.e. preserving the positivity of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Dan Ling , Junming Duan , Huazhong Tang

A well-balanced second order finite volume central scheme for the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with gravitational source term is developed in this paper. The scheme is an unstaggered central scheme that evolves the numerical solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Farah Kanbar , Rony Touma , Christian Klingenberg

We develop a new finite volume method using unstructured mesh-vertex grids for coupled systems modeling shallow water flows and solute transport over complex bottom topography. Novel well-balanced positivity preserving discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Hasan Karjoun , Abdelaziz Beljadid , Philippe G. LeFloch

This paper presents a general positivity-preserving algorithm for implicit high-order finite volume schemes solving Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. Previous positivity-preserving algorithms are mainly based on mathematical analyses,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-06-26 Qian-Min Huang , Yu-Xin Ren , Qian Wang

In the numerical simulation of ideal MHD, keeping the pressure and density positive is essential for both physical considerations and numerical stability. This is a challenge, due to the underlying relation between such…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-29 Kailiang Wu , Haili Jiang , Chi-Wang Shu

In this paper, we extend the unsplit staggered mesh scheme (USM) for 2D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) (Lee and Deane, 2009) to a full 3D MHD scheme. The scheme is a finite-volume Godunov method consisting of a constrained transport (CT) method…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-03-29 Dongwook Lee

The paper develops high-order physical-constraint-preserving (PCP) methods for general relativistic hydrodynamic (GRHD) equations, equipped with a general equation of state. Here the physical constraints, describing the admissible states of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-10 Kailiang Wu

Non-local systems of conservation laws play a crucial role in modeling flow mechanisms across various scenarios. The well-posedness of such problems is typically established by demonstrating the convergence of robust first-order schemes.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Nikhil Manoj , G. D. Veerappa Gowda , Sudarshan Kumar K

We propose and analyze a class of robust, uniformly high-order accurate discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes for multidimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (RMHD) on general meshes. A distinct feature of the schemes is their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Kailiang Wu , Chi-Wang Shu

In this work, we present a positivity-preserving adaptive filtering approach for discontinuous spectral element approximations of the ideal magnetohydrodynamics equations. This approach combines the entropy filtering method (Dzanic and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Tarik Dzanic , Freddie D. Witherden

In this study, a family of second order process based modified Patankar Runge-Kutta schemes is proposed with both the mass and mole maintained in balance while preserving the positivity of density and pressure with the time step determined…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Jianhua Pan , Yu-Yen Chen , Liang-Shih Fan

We develop a new second-order flux globalization based path-conservative central-upwind (PCCU) scheme for rotating shallow water magnetohydrodynamic equations. The new scheme is designed not only to maintain the divergence-free constraint…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-06 Alina Chertock , Alexander Kurganov , Michael Redle , Vladimir Zeitlin

Analyzing magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows requires accurate predictions of the Lorentz force and energy conversion. Total energy, cross-helicity, and magnetic helicity can be used to investigate energy conservation properties in inviscid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-03 Hideki Yanaoka

In this work, a simple fourth-order accurate finite volume semi-discrete scheme is introduced to solve astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) problems on Cartesian meshes. Hydrodynamic quantities like density, momentum and energy are…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-03-23 Prabal Singh Verma , Jean-Mathieu Teissier , Oliver Henze , Wolf-Christian Müller