Streamline integration as a method for structured grid generation in X-point geometry

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2018.07.007zbMATH Open1416.65495arXiv1803.10507OpenAlexW2794536667WikidataQ129542314 ScholiaQ129542314MaRDI QIDQ2311633FDOQ2311633

A. Kendl, L. Einkemmer, M. Held, M. Wiesenberger

Publication date: 4 July 2019

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate structured grids aligned to the contours of a two-dimensional flux-function with an X-point (saddle point). Our theoretical analysis finds that orthogonal grids exist if and only if the Laplacian of the flux-function vanishes at the X-point. In general, this condition is sufficient for the existence of a structured aligned grid with an X-point. With the help of streamline integration we then propose a numerical grid construction algorithm. In a suitably chosen monitor metric the Laplacian of the flux-function vanishes at the X-point such that a grid construction is possible. We study the convergence of the solution to elliptic equations on the proposed grid. The diverging volume element and cell sizes at the X-point reduce the convergence rate. As a consequence, the proposed grid should be used with grid refinement around the X-point in practical applications. We show that grid refinement in the cells neighboring the X-point restores the expected convergence rate.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10507

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zbMATH Keywords

X-pointstructured gridstreamline integrationmonitor metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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Uses Software

• FELTOR

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