Computational Magnetohydrodynamics
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Computational Magnetohydrodynamics (CMHD) is a rapidly developing branch of Magnetohydrodynamics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve electrically conducting fluids. Most of the methods used in CMHD are borrowed from the well establsihed techniques employed in Computational fluid dynamics. The complexity mainly arises due to the presence of a magnetic field and its coupling with the fluid. One of the important issues is to numerically maintain the ∇·B = 0 condition, from Maxwells equations, to avoid any unphysical effects.
[edit] References
- Brio, M., Wu, C. C.(1988), "An upwind differencing scheme for the equations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics", Journal of Computational Physics, 75, 400-422.
[edit] Further reading
- Toro, E. F. (1999), Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Springer-Verlag.
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