A two-layer finite volume model for flows through channels with irregular geometry: Computation of maximal exchange solutions Application to the Strait of Gibraltar

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-249

  Castro, Manuel J ^a   Macías, Jorge ^a   Parés, Carlos ^a   García Rodríguez, Jose A ^b   Vázquez Cendón, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

1D shallow water equations; Coupled conservation laws; Hyperbolic systems; Maximal two layer exchange flows; Q schemes; Source terms; Strait of Gibraltar; Two layer flows

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LAYER EXCHANGE PROBLEMS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

FLUID FLOW; MARINE APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 0344286921     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-5704(03)00115-1     Document Type: Article

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