V&V

A few test cases were used to perform validation and verification by Xiaoliang Zhang. More details can ben seen in his Ph.D. thesis below.

Xiaoliang Zhang, CHORUS-MHD Code for Solar and Planetary Magnetohydrodynamics. Ph.D. dissertation, The George Washington University, 2019.

1. Alfven Wave Test Case

3rd-order RK Scheme
3rd-order STE Scheme
Time Accuracy Validation

2. Magnetic Reconnection

Resistivity = 1E-3
Resistivity = 5E-3
Resistivity = 8E-3
Internal energy
Kinetic energy
Magnetic energy

3. 3D Euler Vortex with AMR