Title :
Plasma Modeling With Mixed Wave and Diffusion Field Behavior
Author :
Wilson, Aswathy ; Thompson, Richard ; Moeller, Trevor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech., Aerosp. & Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Tennessee Space Inst., Tullahoma, TN, USA
Abstract :
Fluid dynamic plasma modeling has recently been extended to include the effects of weak coupling, where electromagnetic fields possess a wavelike nature, and charge separation effects, where quasi-neutrality may be violated. In this paper, we present a particular investigation of the MHD rotor problem to illustrate the successful capturing of both weakly coupled and strongly coupled (MHD) limits using the same numerical scheme.
Keywords :
numerical analysis; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma simulation; plasma transport processes; plasma waves; MHD rotor problem; charge separation effects; diffusion field behavior; fluid dynamic plasma modeling; numerical scheme; plasma modeling; strongly coupled limit; weakly coupled limit; Color; Conductivity; Couplings; Magnetohydrodynamics; Mathematical model; Plasmas; Rotors; Modeling; plasma applications; plasma oscillations; plasma waves; plasmas; simulation; simulation.;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2014.2335191