Analysis of numerically induced oscillations in 2D finite-element shallow-water models part I: Inertia-gravity waves

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 331-360

  Le Roux, Daniel Y ^a   Rostand, Virgile ^a   Pouliot, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersion analysis; Finite element method; Shallow water equations; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTERPOLATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE WAVES;

DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; DISPERSION ANALYSIS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; FAST WAVES; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; INTERPOLATION SCHEMES; MIXED INTERPOLATIONS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 44249091389     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060650106     Document Type: Article

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