Solution of the shallow water equations by least squares collocation

1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey P. Laible ◽  
George F. Pinder
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Least Squares Collocation

scholarly journals Discrete mixed subdomain least squares (DMSLS) meshless method with collocation points for modeling dam-break induced flows

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 702-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babak Fazli Malidareh ◽  
Seyed Abbas Hosseini ◽  
Ebrahim Jabbari
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Meshless Method ◽  
Dam Break ◽  
Collocation Points ◽  
Interior Domain ◽  
Bed Slope ◽  
Squared Residuals

This paper presents a new meshless numerical scheme to overcome the problem of shock waves and to apply boundary conditions in cases of dam-break flows in channels with constant and variable widths. The numerical program solves shallow water equations based on the discrete mixed subdomain least squares (DMSLS) meshless method with collocation points. The DMSLS meshless method is based on the minimization of a least squares functional defined as the weighted summation of the squared residuals of the governing equations over the entire domain and requiring the summation of residual function to be zero at collocation points in boundary subdomains. The collocated discrete subdomain meshless method is applied on the boundary, whereas the collocated discrete least squares meshless technique is applied to the interior domain. The meshless scheme extends for dam-break formulation of shallow water equations. The model is verified by comparing computed results with analytical and experimental data for constant and varying width channels. The developed model is also used to study one-dimensional dam-break problems involving different flow situations by considering changes to the channel width, a bumpy channel with various downstream boundary conditions, and the effects of bed friction and bed slope as source terms on wave propagation. The accuracy of the results is acceptable.

MAPPING TIDAL CURRENTS AND RESIDUAL CURRENTS BY USE OF COASTAL ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Hua Zhu ◽  
Xiao-Hua Zhu ◽  
Ze-Nan Zhu ◽  
Ze-Nan Zhu ◽  
Xinyu Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Shallow Water Equations ◽  
Mean Amplitude ◽  
Momentum Equation ◽  
Tidal Currents ◽  
Acoustic Tomography ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Residual Currents ◽  
Water Depths ◽  
Deep Area

A coastal acoustic tomography (CAT) experiment for mapping the tidal currents in the Zhitouyang Bay was successfully carried out with seven acoustic stations during July 12 to 13, 2009. The horizontal distributions of tidal current in the tomography domain are calculated by the inverse analysis in which the travel time differences for sound traveling reciprocally are used as data. Spatial mean amplitude ratios M2 : M4 : M6 are 1.00 : 0.15 : 0.11. The shallow-water equations are used to analyze the generation mechanisms of M4 and M6. In the deep area, velocity amplitudes of M4 measured by CAT agree well with those of M4 predicted by the advection terms in the shallow water equations, indicating that M4 in the deep area where water depths are larger than 60 m is predominantly generated by the advection terms. M6 measured by CAT and M6 predicted by the nonlinear quadratic bottom friction terms agree well in the area where water depths are less than 20 m, indicating that friction mechanisms are predominant for generating M6 in the shallow area. Dynamic analysis of the residual currents using the tidally averaged momentum equation shows that spatial mean values of the horizontal pressure gradient due to residual sea level and of the advection of residual currents together contribute about 75% of the spatial mean values of the advection by the tidal currents, indicating that residual currents in this bay are induced mainly by the nonlinear effects of tidal currents.

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