A virtual element method with IMEX-SAV scheme for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations

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Main Authors: Dong, Xiaojing, Huang, Yunqing, Wang, Tianwen
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author Dong, Xiaojing
Huang, Yunqing
Wang, Tianwen
author_facet Dong, Xiaojing
Huang, Yunqing
Wang, Tianwen
contents This paper proposes a virtual element method (VEM) combined with a second-order implicit-explicit scheme based on the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) method for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. We employ the BDF2 scheme for time discretization and a conservative VEM for spatial discretization, in which the mass conservation in the velocity field is kept by taking advantage of the virtual element method's adaptability and its divergence-free characteristics. In our scheme, the nonlinear terms are handled explicitly using the SAV method, and the magnetic field is decoupled from the velocity and pressure. This decoupling only requires solving a sequence of linear systems with constant coefficient at each time step. The stability estimate of the fully discrete scheme is developed, demonstrating the scheme is unconditionally stable. Moreover, rigorous error estimates for the velocity and magnetic field are provided. Finally, numerical experiments are presented to verify the valid of theoretical analysis.
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spellingShingle A virtual element method with IMEX-SAV scheme for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations
Dong, Xiaojing
Huang, Yunqing
Wang, Tianwen
Numerical Analysis
This paper proposes a virtual element method (VEM) combined with a second-order implicit-explicit scheme based on the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) method for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations. We employ the BDF2 scheme for time discretization and a conservative VEM for spatial discretization, in which the mass conservation in the velocity field is kept by taking advantage of the virtual element method's adaptability and its divergence-free characteristics. In our scheme, the nonlinear terms are handled explicitly using the SAV method, and the magnetic field is decoupled from the velocity and pressure. This decoupling only requires solving a sequence of linear systems with constant coefficient at each time step. The stability estimate of the fully discrete scheme is developed, demonstrating the scheme is unconditionally stable. Moreover, rigorous error estimates for the velocity and magnetic field are provided. Finally, numerical experiments are presented to verify the valid of theoretical analysis.
title A virtual element method with IMEX-SAV scheme for the incompressible magnetohydrodynamics equations
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18384