Variational discretizations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics in smooth regime using finite element exterior calculus

Fuente: arXiv
Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Carlier, Valentin, Campos-Pinto, Martin
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2024
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1866910347140530176
author Carlier, Valentin
Campos-Pinto, Martin
author_facet Carlier, Valentin
Campos-Pinto, Martin
contents We propose a new class of finite element approximations to ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations in smooth regime. Following variational approximations developed for fluid models in the last decade, our discretizations are built via a discrete variational principle mimicking the continuous Euler-Poincaré principle, and to further exploit the geometrical structure of the problem, vector fields are represented by their action as Lie derivatives on differential forms of any degree. The resulting semi-discrete approximations are shown to conserve the total mass, entropy and energy of the solutions for a wide class of finite element approximations. In addition, the divergence-free nature of the magnetic field is preserved in a pointwise sense and a time discretization is proposed, preserving those invariants and giving a reversible scheme at the fully discrete level. Numerical simulations are conducted to verify the accuracy of our approach and its ability to preserve the invariants for several test problems.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2402_02905
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Variational discretizations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics in smooth regime using finite element exterior calculus
Carlier, Valentin
Campos-Pinto, Martin
Numerical Analysis
G.1.8; J.2
We propose a new class of finite element approximations to ideal compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations in smooth regime. Following variational approximations developed for fluid models in the last decade, our discretizations are built via a discrete variational principle mimicking the continuous Euler-Poincaré principle, and to further exploit the geometrical structure of the problem, vector fields are represented by their action as Lie derivatives on differential forms of any degree. The resulting semi-discrete approximations are shown to conserve the total mass, entropy and energy of the solutions for a wide class of finite element approximations. In addition, the divergence-free nature of the magnetic field is preserved in a pointwise sense and a time discretization is proposed, preserving those invariants and giving a reversible scheme at the fully discrete level. Numerical simulations are conducted to verify the accuracy of our approach and its ability to preserve the invariants for several test problems.
title Variational discretizations of ideal magnetohydrodynamics in smooth regime using finite element exterior calculus
topic Numerical Analysis
G.1.8; J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02905