2-D, nonlinear spectral simulation of reconnective transitions on a periodic, planar current sheet with (1) smooth and (2) corrugated conducting wall boundary conditions with flow

DOI10.1016/0010-4655(90)90151-PzbMath0875.76692MaRDI QIDQ1366156

Robert L. Dewar, R. D. Parker

Publication date: 11 November 1997

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

finite difference technique; plasmas; semi-implicit spectral; visco-resistive MHD equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M10: Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76W05: Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics

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