Numerical simulation of shallow water equations has been carried out using the Crank-Nicolson scheme of Finite Difference Method (FDM) to study the interaction of waves with different forms of bathymetry especially that of the off-coast of Digha, a tourist spot situated in the north-west coast of Bay of Bengal. MATLAB code has been developed for the simulation. One-dimensional (1-D) linear shallow water model has been considered here. Three different bathymetry profile are chosen for the investigation: (i) flat bathymetry (with or without seamount/basin); (ii) piecewise linear approximation to the real bathymetry of the off-coast of Digha; (iii) real bathymetry of the off-coast of Digha. Real bathymetry data has been obtained from the gridded data set of GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) published in 2022. Validation of the present numerical scheme has been performed by considering test problems with results existing in the literature. Comparative study of the effect of the bathymetries, on the propagation of shallow water waves, has been performed and demonstrated with figures and tables. Results of wave-bathymetry interaction obtained here are believed to be new with respect to the present study area and will definitely give some insight into the phenomena in this region.
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