Mesh type tradeoffs in 2D hydrodynamic modeling of flooding with a Godunov-based flow solver

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-61

  Kim, Byunghyun ^a,b   Sanders, Brett F ^a,b   Schubert, Jochen E ^a,b   Famiglietti, James S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartesian grid; Finite volume model; Flooding; Mesh design; Porosity; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FLOOD CONTROL; LANDFORMS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POROSITY;

2D HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; CARTESIAN GRID; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; FINITE VOLUME MODEL; FLOOD INUNDATION MODELING; GENERAL-PURPOSE SOLVERS; MESH DESIGNS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

FLOODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW FIELD; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROSITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84897491122     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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