Towards a hydrodynamic modelling framework appropriate for applications in urban flood assessment and mitigation using heterogeneous computing

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-78

  Smith, Luke S ^a   Liang, Qiuhua ^a   Quinn, Paul F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

finite volume Godunov type scheme; graphics processing unit (GPU); shallow water equations; sustainable urban drainage; urban flooding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919869317     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2014.938763     Document Type: Article

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