Simulation and visualisation of astrophysical plasmas with smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Computational Science Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-123) A numerical implementation of the equations of magnetohydrodynamics has been developed using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. Self gravitational forc...

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Main Author: Tricco, Terrence S. (Terrence Stansilaus), 1982-
Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Computational Science
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Magnetohydrodynamics > Computer simulation
Plasma astrophysics > Computer simulation
Newfoundland studies
University of Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/79119
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Summary:Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Computational Science Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-123) A numerical implementation of the equations of magnetohydrodynamics has been developed using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. Self gravitational forces have been included using the Barnes-Hut octree algorithm. A nearest neighbour search algorithm has been devised which links adjacent, spatially exclusive nodes from a spatial decomposition tree to create a mesh facilitating efficient searching. Visualisations of SPH fluids were created using Delaunay triangulation with particles serving as triangle vertices.

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