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Prediction of supercritical flow in open channels

Glaister, P. (1992) Prediction of supercritical flow in open channels. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 24 (7). pp. 69-75. ISSN 0898-1221

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/0898-1221(92)90155-B

Abstract/Summary

A finite difference scheme based on flux difference splitting is presented for the solution of the one-dimensional shallow water equations in open channels. A linearised problem, analogous to that of Riemann for gas dynamics, is defined and a scheme, based on numerical characteristic decomposition, is presented for obtaining approximate solutions to the linearised problem. The method of upwind differencing is used for the resulting scalar problems, together with a flux limiter for obtaining a second order scheme which avoids non-physical, spurious oscillations. The scheme is applied to a problem of flow in a river whose geometry induces a region of supercritical flow.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
ID Code:15646
Publisher:Elsevier

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