Hybrid block-AMR in cartesian and curvilinear coordinates: MHD applications

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 925-946

  van der Holst, B ^a   Keppens, R ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR PLASMA ASTROPHYSICS   (Belgium)

^b FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Curvilinear coordinates; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); MESH GENERATION;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT SCHEMES; ADAPTIVE SCHEME; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONSERVATION LAW; CURVILINEAR COORDINATE; ORTHOGONAL COORDINATES; PATCH BASED; SOLVING SET;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548390526     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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