Numerical Analysis of a Finite Element Crank-Nicolson Discretization for MHD Flows at Small Magnetic Reynolds Numbers

Numerical Analysis of a Finite Element Crank-Nicolson Discretization for MHD Flows at Small Magnetic Reynolds Numbers

Year:    2013

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 10 (2013), Iss. 1 : pp. 74–98

Abstract

We consider the finite element method for time dependent MHD flow at small magnetic Reynolds number. We make a second (and common) simplification in the model by assuming the time scales of the electrical and magnetic components are such that the electrical field responds instantaneously to changes in the fluid motion. This report gives a comprehensive error analysis for both the semi-discrete and a fully-discrete approximation. Finally, the effectiveness of the method is illustrated in several numerical experiments.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/2013-IJNAM-559

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 10 (2013), Iss. 1 : pp. 74–98

Published online:    2013-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    25

Keywords:    Navier-Stokes MHD finite element Crank-Nicolson.