A fourth-order divergence-free method for MHD flows

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7893-7910

  Li, Shengtai ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central schemes; Constrained transport (CT); Divergence free reconstruction; Finite volume method; High order; Magneto hydrodynamics (MHD); Non oscillatory; Overlapping cell; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

CENTRAL SCHEME; CONSTRAINED TRANSPORT; CONSTRAINED TRANSPORTS; DIVERGENCE FREE; DIVERGENCE-FREE RECONSTRUCTION; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; HIGH-ORDER; HIGHER-ORDER; MAGNETO HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC; NON-OSCILLATORY; OVERLAPPING CELLS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

EID: 77955511382     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.06.044     Document Type: Article

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