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A survey of all global time-dependent MHD simulations is presented. The survey includes a discussion of the physical situations simulated by the respective authors as well as the numerical algorithms employed. Finally a discussion of the advantages enjoyed by certain numerical schemes and the problems that a researcher will very likely encounter if he should undertake construction of such codes is presented.
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Brecht, S.H. (1985). Global Simulations Using MHD Codes: A Few Points to Consider Before You Try One. In: Ashour-Abdalla, M., Dutton, D.A. (eds) Space Plasma Simulations. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5454-0_13
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