An asynchronous framework for the simulation of the plasma/flow interaction

This paper presents an asynchronous framework dedicated to the simulation of plasma discharges interacting or setting in motion the neutral gas. The method is based on Asynchronous Adaptive Mesh Refinement. Extensions of the asynchronous time integration to Runge Kutta method and centered schemes are given. The method is then applied to the simulation of the airflow generated by Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharges driven by sine or nanosecond pulses.