Stationary Two-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Flows with Shocks: Characteristic Analysis and Grid Convergence Study

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 28-62

  De Sterck, H ^a,c   Csik A ^a,b   Vanden Abeele, D ^b   Poedts, S ^a   Deconinck, H ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics; Shock waves; Stability and convergence of numerical methods; Theory of characteristics

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SHOCK WAVES;

CHARACTERISTIC THEORY; CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS; GRID CONVERGENCE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS FLOWS; PLANAR FIELDS; SHOCK CHARACTERISTICS; SHOCK-WAVES; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; THEORY OF CHARACTERISTIC; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0002649302     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6640     Document Type: Article

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