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Preserving the admissible set of the ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations is important not only for producing physically meaningful numerical solutions, but more importantly for achieving robust computations. In this paper, we develop…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Chen Liu , Chi-Wang Shu , Xiangxiong Zhang

In this paper, we develop a new method for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). To describe MHD shocks accurately, the Godunov method is applied to SPH instead of artificial dissipation terms. In the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Kazunari Iwasaki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

In this paper, we establish the global well-posedness of the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) system on $n-$dimensional $(n\geq 2)$ periodic boxes with either no magnetic diffusivity (non-resistive case) or no fluid viscosity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Quansen Jiu , Yaowei Xie , Zhihong Yan

In this article, we consider the 3D-rotating magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) system when the initial velocity and magnetic field both feature some 2D-part (i.-e. depending only on the horizontal space variables). We prove for weak and strong…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Frédéric Charve , Van-Sang Ngo

We present a detailed study of localised magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) instabilities occuring in two--dimensional magnetized accretion disks. We model axisymmetric MHD disk tori, and solve the equations governing a two--dimensional magnetized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-08 J. W. S. Blokland , R. Keppens , J. P. Goedbloed

We conduct 3D magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulations in order to test the stability of the magnetic equilibrium configuration described by Duez & Mathis (2010). This analytically-derived configuration describes the lowest energy state for a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 V. Duez , J. Braithwaite , S. Mathis

The study of incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence gives useful insights on many astrophysical problems. We describe a pseudo-spectral MHD code suitable for the study of incompressible turbulence. We review our recent works on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jungyeon Cho

We develop an improved lattice-Boltzmann numerical scheme to solve magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in the regime of low magnetic Reynolds numbers, grounded on a manifestly Galilean covariant modeling of the Navier-Stokes equations. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-01-25 Bruno Magacho , Hugo Saraiva Tavares , Luca Moriconi , Juliana Loureiro

Main objective of this paper is to describe the dynamic transition of the incompressible MHD equations in a rectangular domain in $\mathbb{R}^{3}$. Our analysis shows that the system undergoes a first dynamic transition either to multiple…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-17 Taylan Şengül

A general method for constructing high order upwind schemes for multidimensional magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), having as a main built-in condition the divergence-free constraint $\divb=0$ for the magnetic field vector $\bb$, is proposed. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Londrillo , L. Del Zanna

We describe a numerical method to solve the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. The fluid variables are updated along each direction using the flux conservative, 2nd order, total variation diminishing (TVD), upwind scheme of Jin and Xin.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Ue-Li Pen , Phil Arras , ShingKwong Wong

This work presents an extension of discretely entropy stable discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods to the resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. Although similar to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations at first sight, there are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-11-16 Marvin Bohm , Andrew R. Winters , Dominik Derigs , Gregor J. Gassner , Stefanie Walch , Joachim Saur

A general formulation of the problem of calculating the spectrum of stable and unstable eigenmodes of linearized perturbations about a magnetically confined toroidal plasma is presented. The analysis is based on a new hydromagnetic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-03-07 Robert L Dewar , Li Huey Tuen , Matthew J Hole

A new code for astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) is described. The code has been designed to be easily extensible for use with static and adaptive mesh refinement. It combines higher-order Godunov methods with the constrained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 James M. Stone , Thomas A. Gardiner , Peter Teuben , John F. Hawley , Jacob B. Simon

A single open magnetic flux tube spanning the solar photosphere (solar radius R) and the lower corona (R + 10 Mm) is modelled in magnetohydrostatic equilibrium within a realistic stratified atmosphere subject to solar gravity. Such flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-16 Frederick Armstrong Gent , Viktor Fedun , Stuart John Mumford , Robertus Erdelyi

In axisymmetric fusion reactors, the equilibrium magnetic configuration can be expressed in terms of the solution to a semi-linear elliptic equation known as the Grad-Shafranov equation, the solution of which determines the poloidal…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-07 Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet , Manuel Solano

Context: The majority of studies on stressed 3D magnetic null points consider magnetic reconnection driven by an external perturbation, but the formation of a genuine current sheet equilibrium remains poorly understood. This problem has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-07 Jorge Fuentes-Fernandez , Clare E. Parnell

The study of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) significantly boosts the understanding and development of solar physics, planetary dynamics and controlled nuclear fusion. Dynamical properties of the MHD system involve nonlinear interactions of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Xinliang An , Haoyang Chen , Silu Yin

The extreme heat fluxes in the divertor region of tokamaks may require an alternative to solid plasma-facing components, for the extraction of heat and the protection of the surrounding walls. Flowing liquid metals are proposed as an…

The metriplectic framework, which permits to formulate an algebraic structure for dissipative systems, is applied to visco-resistive Magneto-Hydrodynamics (MHD), adapting what had already been done for non-ideal Hydrodynamics (HD). The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-30 Massimo Materassi , Emanuele Tassi