Abstract Numerical solutions of 1D and 2D shallow water equations are presented with Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin (RKDG) finite element method. For 1D problems, the transcritical flows such as dam-break flows and a flow over a bump with hydraulic jump were simulated and the numerical solutions were compared with the exact solutions. As a formulation of approximate Riemann solver, the Local Lax-Wendroff (LLF) fluxes were employed and minmod slope limiter was used for 1D flows. For 2D applications, the classical problems of lateral transition were simulated. The HLL (Harten — Lax — van Leer) fluxes were adopted and a van Albada type gradient-reconstruction type slope limiter was applied. For the time integration, 3rd-order and 2nd-order TVD Runge-Kutta schemes were used for 1D and 2D simulations, respectively. In all case studies, good agreement was observed.


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    Title :

    Application of Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin finite element method to shallow water flow


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    Publication date :

    2014-05-20


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English