A performance comparison of continuous and discontinuous finite element shallow water models

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 315-339

  Kubatko, Ethan J ^a   Bunya, Shintaro ^b   Dawson, Clint ^c   Westerink, Joannes J ^d   Mirabito, Chris ^c  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin; Finite elements; Generalized wave continuity equation; Shallow water equations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONTINUOUS GALERKIN; DISCONTINUOUS FINITE ELEMENT; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; ERROR LEVELS; FIELD SCALE; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENTS; GENERALIZED WAVE CONTINUITY EQUATION; GENERALIZED WAVE CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; LOCAL STRUCTURE; MASS CONSERVATION; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; NUMERICAL TESTS; PARALLEL MACHINE; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SHALLOW WATER MODEL; TEST CASE;

GALERKIN METHODS; NUMBER THEORY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 66149136531     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-009-9268-2     Document Type: Article

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