Boundary conditions in shallow water models - An alternative implementation for finite element codes

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 603-618

  Kolar, R L ^a,c   Gray, W G ^b   Westerink, J J ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Finite elements; Generalized functions; Shallow water equations; Wave continuity equation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS;

EID: 0029673595     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0363(19960415)22:7<603::aid-fld369>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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