Three dimensional nonlinear MHD calculations using implicit and explicit time integration schemes

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(86)90208-1MaRDI QIDQ1086103zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. George

Publication date 1986

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(86)90208-1

zbMATH Keywords

convergencediffusive termsfinite differencefirst order accurateFourier representationmostly-explicit schememostly-implicit schemenonlinear evolutionnonlinear interactionnonlinear three-dimensional MHD equationsnumerical implementationrippling modestearing modesthermal force effectstime integration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical integration (65D30) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

Review text

The authors introduce two schemes for the time integration of the nonlinear three-dimensional MHD equations which include diamagnetic and thermal force effects. They call them mostly-explicit (m.e.) and mostly- implicit (m.i.) scheme, respectively. The m.e. is second order accurate in time and explicit for convective and perpendicular diffusive terms, while the m.i. is first order accurate in time and implicit for linear but explicit for nonlinear terms. Both use Fourier representation in angular variables and finite difference in radial coordinate. The comparison of the schemes shows that the relative efficiency depends on the problem studied and on the relative dominance of nonlinear terms. So e.g. for nonlinear interaction of tearing modes the m.e., while for the nonlinear evolution of rippling modes the m.i. is more efficient. As the convergence studies show, the different attitude of the schemes is due to the basic difference in the dynamics of the problem and not to the numerical implementation.

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(5)

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• Improved radial differencing for three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium calculations

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