Numerical modelling of tidal flows in complex estuaries including turbulence: An unstructured finite volume solver and experimental validation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1909-1932

  Cea, L ^a   French, J R ^b   Vazquez Cendon M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Shallow water equations; Tidal flow; Turbulence modelling; Unstructured finite volumes; Wet dry fronts

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ESTUARIES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; TIDES; TURBULENCE;

SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; TIDAL FLOWS; TURBULENCE MODELLING; WET-DRY FRONTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ESTUARIES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; TIDES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33749028460     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1702     Document Type: Article

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