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Volume 18, Issue 5
An Efficient Nonlinear Solver for Steady MHD Based on Algebraic Splitting

Mengying Xiao

Int. J. Numer. Anal. Mod., 18 (2021), pp. 674-689.

Published online: 2021-08

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We propose a new, efficient, nonlinear iteration for solving the steady incompressible MHD equations. The method consists of a careful combination of an incremental Picard iteration, Yosida splitting, and a grad-div stabilized finite element discretization. At each iteration, the Schur complement remains the same, is SPD, and can be easily and effectively preconditioned with the pressure mass matrix. Furthermore, this method decouples the block Schur complement into 2 simple Stokes Schur complement. We show that the iteration converges linearly to the discrete MHD system solution, both analytically and numerically. Several numerical tests are given which reveal very good convergence properties, and excellent results on a benchmark problem.

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We propose a new, efficient, nonlinear iteration for solving the steady incompressible MHD equations. The method consists of a careful combination of an incremental Picard iteration, Yosida splitting, and a grad-div stabilized finite element discretization. At each iteration, the Schur complement remains the same, is SPD, and can be easily and effectively preconditioned with the pressure mass matrix. Furthermore, this method decouples the block Schur complement into 2 simple Stokes Schur complement. We show that the iteration converges linearly to the discrete MHD system solution, both analytically and numerically. Several numerical tests are given which reveal very good convergence properties, and excellent results on a benchmark problem.

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TY - JOUR T1 - An Efficient Nonlinear Solver for Steady MHD Based on Algebraic Splitting AU - Xiao , Mengying JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 5 SP - 674 EP - 689 PY - 2021 DA - 2021/08 SN - 18 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/19388.html KW - Steady MHD, algebraic splitting, incremental Picard Yosida method, nonlinear solver. AB -

We propose a new, efficient, nonlinear iteration for solving the steady incompressible MHD equations. The method consists of a careful combination of an incremental Picard iteration, Yosida splitting, and a grad-div stabilized finite element discretization. At each iteration, the Schur complement remains the same, is SPD, and can be easily and effectively preconditioned with the pressure mass matrix. Furthermore, this method decouples the block Schur complement into 2 simple Stokes Schur complement. We show that the iteration converges linearly to the discrete MHD system solution, both analytically and numerically. Several numerical tests are given which reveal very good convergence properties, and excellent results on a benchmark problem.

Mengying Xiao. (2021). An Efficient Nonlinear Solver for Steady MHD Based on Algebraic Splitting. International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling. 18 (5). 674-689. doi:
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