An asymptotic preserving scheme for strongly anisotropic elliptic problems

In this article we introduce an asymptotic preserving scheme designed to compute the solution of a two dimensional elliptic equation presenting large anisotropies. We focus on an anisotropy aligned with one direction, the dominant part of the elliptic operator being supplemented with Neumann boundary conditions. A new scheme is introduced which allows an accurate resolution of this elliptic equation for an arbitrary anisotropy ratio.Comment: 21 page

Asymptotic-Preserving scheme for a bi-fluid Euler-Lorentz model

The present work is devoted to the simulation of a strongly magnetized plasma considered as a mixture of an ion fluid and an electron fluid. For the sake of simplicity, we assume that the model is isothermal and described by Euler equations coupled with a term representing the Lorentz force. Moreover we assume that both Euler systems are coupled through a quasi-neutrality constraint. The numerical method which is described in the present document is based on an Asymptotic-Preserving semi-discretization in time of a variant of this two-fluid Euler-Lorentz model with a small perturbation of the quasi-neutrality constraint. Firstly, we present the two-fluid model and the motivations for introducing a small perturbation into the quasi-neutrality equation, then we describe the time semi-discretization of the perturbed model and a fully-discrete finite volume scheme based on it. Finally, we present some numerical results which have been obtained with this method

Degenerate anisotropic elliptic problems and magnetized plasma simulations.

International audienceThis paper is devoted to the numerical approximation of a degen- erate anisotropic elliptic problem. The numerical method is designed for arbitrary space-dependent anisotropy directions and does not re- quire any specially adapted coordinate system. It is also designed to be equally accurate in the strongly and the mildly anisotropic cases. The method is applied to the Euler-Lorentz system, in the drift-fluid limit. This system provides a model for magnetized plasmas

Duality-based Asymptotic-Preserving method for highly anisotropic diffusion equations

The present paper introduces an efficient and accurate numerical scheme for the solution of a highly anisotropic elliptic equation, the anisotropy direction being given by a variable vector field. This scheme is based on an asymptotic preserving reformulation of the original system, permitting an accurate resolution independently of the anisotropy strength and without the need of a mesh adapted to this anisotropy. The counterpart of this original procedure is the larger system size, enlarged by adding auxiliary variables and Lagrange multipliers. This Asymptotic-Preserving method generalizes the method investigated in a previous paper [arXiv:0903.4984v2] to the case of an arbitrary anisotropy direction field

Numerical resolution of an anisotropic non-linear diffusion problem

International audienceThis paper is devoted to the numerical resolution of an anisotropic non-linear diffusion problem involving a small parameter ε, defined as the anisotropy strength reciprocal. In this work, the anisotropy is carried by a variable vector function b. The equation being supplemented with Neumann boundary conditions, the limit ε → 0 is demonstrated to be a singular perturbation of the original diffusion equation. To address efficiently this problem, an Asymptotic-Preserving scheme is derived. This numerical method does not require the use of coordinates adapted to the anisotropy direction and exhibits an accuracy as well as a computational cost independent of the anisotropy strength

Effcient numerical methods for strongly anisotropic elliptic equations

In this paper, we study an effcient numerical scheme for a strongly anisotropic elliptic problem which arises in the modeling of ionospheric plasma dynamics. A small parameter \varepsilon induces the anisotropy of the problem, which leads to severe numerical diffculties for 0 < \varepsilo

Degenerate anisotropic elliptic problems and magnetized plasma simulations

This paper is devoted to the numerical approximation of a degenerate anisotropic elliptic problem. The numerical method is designed for arbitrary space-dependent anisotropy directions and does not require any specially adapted coordinate system. It is also designed to be equally accurate in the strongly and the mildly anisotropic cases. The method is applied to the Euler-Lorentz system, in the drift-fluid limit. This system provides a model for magnetized plasmas