Discontinuous-Galerkin Discretization of a New Class of Green-Naghdi Equations

Discontinuous-Galerkin Discretization of a New Class of Green-Naghdi Equations

Year:    2015

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 17 (2015), Iss. 3 : pp. 721–760

Abstract

We describe in this work a discontinuous-Galerkin Finite-Element method to approximate the solutions of a new family of 1d Green-Naghdi models. These new models are shown to be more computationally efficient, while being asymptotically equivalent to the initial formulation with regard to the shallowness parameter. Using the free surface instead of the water height as a conservative variable, the models are recasted under a pre-balanced formulation and discretized using a nodal expansion basis. Independently from the polynomial degree in the approximation space, the preservation of the motionless steady-states is automatically ensured, and the water height positivity is enforced. A simple numerical procedure devoted to stabilizing the computations in the vicinity of broken waves is also described. The validity of the resulting model is assessed through extensive numerical validations.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.150414.101014a

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 17 (2015), Iss. 3 : pp. 721–760

Published online:    2015-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    40

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