Numerical Simulation of Long Waves in Shallow Water

Abstract

This book focuses on various unsteady gravity flows with a free surface in nature and engineering, i.e., water waves, and introduces the theories, methodologies, and case studies on numerical simulation. Shallow water long wave theory can be used to study unsteady flow problems in hydrodynamics such as flood waves in channels, river networks and lake systems, tidal waves in estuaries and coastal waters, and the wave phenomena at the downstream channels caused by the daily regulation of hydropower stations. This chapter describes numerical simulation of long waves in shallow water.