An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian discretization of MHD on 3D unstructured grids

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 534-570

  Rieben, R N ^a   White, D A ^a   Wallin, B K ^a   Solberg, J M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic flux correction; Constrained transport; Discrete differential forms; Electromagnetic advection; Electromagnetic diffusion; H(Curl) and H(Div) conforming methods; Magnetohydrodynamics; Mixed finite element methods; Operator splitting; Resistive MHD; TVD schemes; Unstructured grids; Vector finite elements

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MESH GENERATION;

ALGEBRAIC FLUX CORRECTION; CONFORMING METHODS; CONSTRAINED TRANSPORTS; DIFFERENTIAL FORMS; DISCRETE DIFFERENTIAL FORM; ELECTROMAGNETIC ADVECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FLUX CORRECTIONS; H(CURL) AND H(DIV) - CONFORMING METHOD; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; OPERATOR-SPLITTING; RESISTIVE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TVD SCHEME; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VECTOR FINITE ELEMENT;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548435113     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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