Solving magnetohydrodynamic equations without special treatment for divergence-free magnetic field

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2605-2608

  Zhang, Moujin ^a,d   Yu, S T John ^a,d   Lin, Shan Chuen ^b,d,e   Chang, Sin Chung ^c   Blankson, Isaiah ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

^e GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMAS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BENCHMARK PROBLEMS; FLOW MANIPULATION; NUMERICAL INSTABILITY; VORTEX PROBLEMS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 10944274108     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8512     Document Type: Article

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