Diffusive wave approximation to the shallow water equations: Computational approach

We discuss the use of time adaptivity applied to the one dimensional diffusive wave approximation to the shallow water equations. A simple and computationally economical error estimator is discussed which enables time-step size adaptivity. This robust adaptive time discretization corrects the initia...

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Main Authors: Collier, N., Radwan, H., Dalcin, L., Calo, Victor
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53226
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Summary:We discuss the use of time adaptivity applied to the one dimensional diffusive wave approximation to the shallow water equations. A simple and computationally economical error estimator is discussed which enables time-step size adaptivity. This robust adaptive time discretization corrects the initial time step size to achieve a user specified bound on the discretization error and allows time step size variations of several orders of magnitude. In particular, in the one dimensional results presented in this work feature a change of four orders of magnitudes for the time step over the entire simulation. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.