Dynamic p-adaptive Runge–Kutta discontinuous Galerkin methods for the shallow water equations

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  • Ethan J. Kubatko
  • Shintaro Bunya
  • Clint Dawson
  • Joannes J. Westerink
چکیده

In this paper, dynamic p-adaptive Runge–Kutta discontinuous Galerkin (RKDG) methods for the twodimensional shallow water equations (SWE) are investigated. The p-adaptive algorithm that is implemented dynamically adjusts the order of the elements of an unstructured triangular grid based on a simple measure of the local flow properties of the numerical solution. Time discretization is accomplished using optimal strong-stability-preserving (SSP) RK methods. The methods are tested on two idealized problems of coastal ocean modeling interest with complex bathymetry – namely, the idealization of a continental shelf break and a coastal inlet. Numerical results indicate the stability, robustness, and accuracy of the algorithm, and it is shown that the use of dynamic p-adaptive grids offers savings in CPU time relative to grids with elements of a fixed order p that use either local h-refinement or global p-refinement to adequately resolve the solution while offering comparable accuracy. 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009