Comparison of wetting and drying between a RKDG2 method and classical FV based second-order hydrostatic reconstruction

Stefan Vater, Nicole Beisiegel, Jörn Behrens

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Abstract

We compare the treatment of wetting and drying for shallow water flows at the coast using a discontinuous Galerkin (DG) scheme with classical finite volumes in one space dimension. The presented DG scheme employs piecewise linear ansatz functions and is formally second-order accurate. The core of the method is a velocity based “limiting” of the momentum, which provides stable and accurate solutions in the computation of inundation events. Artificial gradients of the water surface elevation which are introduced by the DG discretization at the wet/dry interface are specially handled to prevent spurious velocities. The finite volume method is based on second-order hydrostatic reconstruction. In general, both methods show comparable results in terms of stability and accuracy. For certain situations the DG method is slightly superior.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFinite Volumes for Complex Applications VIII— Hyperbolic, Elliptic and Parabolic Problems - FVCA8 2017
EditorsPascal Omnes, Clement Cances
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages237-245
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319573939
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Symposium on Finite Volumes for Complex Applications - Hyperbolic, Elliptic and Parabolic Problems, FVCA8 2017 - Lille, France
Duration: 12 Jun 201716 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume200
ISSN (Print)2194-1009
ISSN (Electronic)2194-1017

Conference

Conference8th International Symposium on Finite Volumes for Complex Applications - Hyperbolic, Elliptic and Parabolic Problems, FVCA8 2017
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLille
Period12/06/1716/06/17

Keywords

  • Discontinuous galerkin
  • Finite volumes
  • Shallow water equations
  • Well-balancing
  • Wetting and drying

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