A Taylor-Galerkin method for simulating nonlinear dispersive water waves

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 546-569

  Ambrosi, D ^a   Quartapelle, L ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Nonlinear dispersive waves; Shallow water equations; Taylor Galerkin method

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DISPERSION (WAVES); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLITONS;

DISCRETIZATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FREE SURFACES; NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE; NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE WAVES; NONSYMMETRIC; NUMERICAL SCHEME; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS; TAYLOR-GALERKIN METHOD;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0032209228     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1998.6027     Document Type: Article

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