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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 6, 2401124 (2011)

Regular Articles


A Comparative Study of Divergence-Cleaning Techniques for Multi-Dimensional MHD Schemes
Takahiro MIYOSHI and Kanya KUSANO1)
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
1)
Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
(Received 22 December 2010 / Accepted 13 May 2011 / Published 11 August 2011)

Abstract

Several divergence-cleaning techniques for multi-dimensional Godunov-type magnetohydrodynamic schemes are comparatively investigated. We also propose a new divergence-cleaning technique that is improved from an earlier projection method to improve the robustness.


Keywords

MHD, Godunov-type scheme, divergence-cleaning method, divergence-free method

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.6.2401124


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This paper may be cited as follows:

Takahiro MIYOSHI and Kanya KUSANO, Plasma Fusion Res. 6, 2401124 (2011).