A robust numerical scheme for highly compressible magnetohydrodynamics: Nonlinear stability, implementation and tests

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3331-3351

  Waagan, K ^a   Federrath, C ^b   Klingenberg, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite volume schemes; Magnetohydrodynamics; Numerical stability; Supersonic turbulence

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASTROPHYSICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MACH NUMBER; MAGNETOPLASMA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SHOCK TUBES; TURBULENCE;

FINITE VOLUME SCHEMES; FORCINGS; MHD EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL TESTS; PLASMA-Β; STABILITY PROPERTIES; SUPERSONIC TURBULENCE; TURBULENT DYNAMO;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 79952447483     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.01.026     Document Type: Article

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