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XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004

Simulating the Orszag-Tang vortex using RSPH

Steinar Borve (1), Marianne Omang (2), Jan Trulsen (1)
1. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2. Norwegian Defence Estates Agency, Oslo, Norway


The formation of the compressible Orszag-Tang vortex has become a standard test for multi-dimensional MHD codes. In the present work, the problem is studied using the Lagrangian method Regularized Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (RSPH). First, a brief introduction to RSPH is given together with the model equations. Then, test results are presented, both for the case of uniform and non-uniform resolution. The results fit well with earlier results and indicate that RSPH might be a fully competitive, Lagrangian alternative to traditional grid-based methods for this type of problem.



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