On convergence behaviour and numerical accuracy in stationary SWAN simulations of nearshore wind wave spectra

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-256

  Zijlema, Marcel ^a,b   van der Westhuysen, André J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convergence behaviour; Frequency dependent under relaxation; Limiter; Numerical accuracy; Stationary wind wave spectra; Stopping criteria

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

SIMULATING WAVE NEARSHORE (SWAN); WAVE FREQUENCY; WAVE SPECTRA; WIND WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 14544284084     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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