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Title: Adaptive mesh refinement for singular current sheets in incompressible magnetohydrodynamic flows

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics
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  1. Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf (Germany)

The formation of current sheets in ideal incompressible magnetohydrodynamic flows in two dimensions is studied numerically using the technique of adaptive mesh refinement. The growth of current density is in agreement with simple scaling assumptions. As expected, adaptive mesh refinement shows to be very efficient for studying singular structures compared to nonadaptive treatments. 14 refs., 8 figs., 3 tabs.

OSTI ID:
535261
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 134, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English