Performance of a multigrid three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic generator calculation procedure (Q1205816)

The formulation and evaluation of a recently developed multigrid finite difference calculation procedure for steady three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic flows are described. This procedure solves, in primitive variables, the parabolized steady-state MHD equation set, which consists of the mass continuity equation, three momentum equations, the energy equation, the turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation rate equations, and Maxwell's equations using a full approximation storage block implicit multigrid finite difference technique. This new technique is first validated by comparing predicted results with experimental data for supersonic and subsonic Faraday generators.