A bore-capturing finite volume method for open-channel flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1241-1261

  Hu, K ^a   Mingham, C G ^b   Causon, D M ^b  

^a Posford Duvivier   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Hydrodynamics; Shallow water equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC JUMP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SHALLOW WATER EQUATION; ST VENANT EQUATION; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 0032215868     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19981130)28:8<1241::AID-FLD772>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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