Integration of a shallow water model with a local time step

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett F. Sanders
2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1679-1707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwige Godlewski ◽  
Martin Parisot ◽  
Jacques Sainte-Marie ◽  
Fabien Wahl

We are interested in the modeling and the numerical approximation of flows in the presence of a roof, for example flows in sewers or under an ice floe. A shallow water model with a supplementary congestion constraint describing the roof is derived from the Navier-Stokes equations. The congestion constraint is a challenging problem for the numerical resolution of hyperbolic equations. To overcome this difficulty, we follow a pseudo-compressibility relaxation approach. Eventually, a numerical scheme based on a finite volume method is proposed. The well-balanced property and the dissipation of the mechanical energy, acting as a mathematical entropy, are ensured under a non-restrictive condition on the time step in spite of the large celerity of the potential waves in the congested areas. Simulations in one dimension for transcritical steady flow are carried out and numerical solutions are compared to several analytical (stationary and non-stationary) solutions for validation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Ackmann ◽  
Peter Düben ◽  
Tim Palmer ◽  
Piotr Smolarkiewicz

<p>Semi-implicit grid-point models for the atmosphere and the ocean require linear solvers that are working efficiently on modern supercomputers. The huge advantage of the semi-implicit time-stepping approach is that it enables large model time-steps. This however comes at the cost of having to solve a computationally demanding linear problem each model time-step to obtain an update to the model’s pressure/fluid-thickness field. In this study, we investigate whether machine learning approaches can be used to increase the efficiency of the linear solver.</p><p>Our machine learning approach aims at replacing a key component of the linear solver—the preconditioner. In the preconditioner an approximate matrix inversion is performed whose quality largely defines the linear solver’s performance. Embedding the machine-learning method within the framework of a linear solver circumvents potential robustness issues that machine learning approaches are often criticized for, as the linear solver ensures that a sufficient, pre-set level of accuracy is reached. The approach does not require prior availability of a conventional preconditioner and is highly flexible regarding complexity and machine learning design choices.</p><p>Several machine learning methods of different complexity from simple linear regression to deep feed-forward neural networks are used to learn the optimal preconditioner for a shallow-water model with semi-implicit time-stepping. The shallow-water model is specifically designed to be conceptually similar to more complex atmosphere models. The machine-learning preconditioner is competitive with a conventional preconditioner and provides good results even if it is used outside of the dynamical range of the training dataset.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (10) ◽  
pp. 4267-4279
Author(s):  
Yuzhang Che ◽  
Chungang Chen ◽  
Feng Xiao ◽  
Xingliang Li ◽  
Xueshun Shen

AbstractA new multimoment global shallow-water model on the cubed sphere is proposed by adopting a two-stage fourth-order Runge–Kutta time integration. Through calculating the values of predicted variables at half time step t = tn + (1/2)Δt by a second-order formulation, a fourth-order scheme can be derived using only two stages within one time step. This time integration method is implemented in our multimoment global shallow-water model to build and validate a new and more efficient numerical integration framework for dynamical cores. As the key task, the numerical formulation for evaluating the derivatives in time has been developed through the Cauchy–Kowalewski procedure and the spatial discretization of the multimoment finite-volume method, which ensures fourth-order accuracy in both time and space. Several major benchmark tests are used to verify the proposed numerical framework in comparison with the existing four-stage fourth-order Runge–Kutta method, which is based on the method of lines framework. The two-stage fourth-order scheme saves about 30% of the computational cost in comparison with the four-stage Runge–Kutta scheme for global advection and shallow-water models. The proposed two-stage fourth-order framework offers a new option to develop high-performance time marching strategy of practical significance in dynamical cores for atmospheric and oceanic models.


Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1435
Author(s):  
Peng Hu ◽  
Junyu Tao ◽  
Aofei Ji ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Zhiguo He

In this paper, a computationally efficient shallow water model is developed for sediment transport in the Yangtze estuary by considering mixed cohesive and non-cohesive sediment transport. It is firstly shown that the model is capable of reproducing tidal-hydrodynamics in the estuarine region. Secondly, it is demonstrated that the observed temporal variation of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) for mixed cohesive and non-cohesive sediments can be well-captured by the model with calibrated parameters (i.e., critical shear stresses for erosion/deposition, erosion coefficient). Numerical comparative studies indicate that: (1) consideration of multiple sediment fraction (both cohesive and non-cohesive sediments) is important for accurate modeling of SSC in the Yangtze Estuary; (2) the critical shear stress and the erosion coefficient is shown to be site-dependent, for which intensive calibration may be required; and (3) the Deepwater Navigation Channel (DNC) project may lead to enhanced current velocity and thus reduced sediment deposition in the North Passage of the Yangtze Estuary. Finally, the implementation of the hybrid local time step/global maximum time step (LTS/GMaTS) (using LTS to update the hydro-sediment module but using GMaTS to update the morphodynamic module) can lead to a reduction of as high as 90% in the computational cost for the Yangtze Estuary. This advantage, along with its well-demonstrated quantitative accuracy, indicates that the present model should find wide applications in estuarine regions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 124117
Author(s):  
M. W. Harris ◽  
F. J. Poulin ◽  
K. G. Lamb

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2152
Author(s):  
Gonzalo García-Alén ◽  
Olalla García-Fonte ◽  
Luis Cea ◽  
Luís Pena ◽  
Jerónimo Puertas

2D models based on the shallow water equations are widely used in river hydraulics. However, these models can present deficiencies in those cases in which their intrinsic hypotheses are not fulfilled. One of these cases is in the presence of weirs. In this work we present an experimental dataset including 194 experiments in nine different weirs. The experimental data are compared to the numerical results obtained with a 2D shallow water model in order to quantify the discrepancies that exist due to the non-fulfillment of the hydrostatic pressure hypotheses. The experimental dataset presented can be used for the validation of other modelling approaches.


Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2054
Author(s):  
Naoki Kuroda ◽  
Katsuhide Yokoyama ◽  
Tadaharu Ishikawa

Our group has studied the spatiotemporal variation of soil and water salinity in an artificial salt marsh along the Arakawa River estuary and developed a practical model for predicting soil salinity. The salinity of the salt marsh and the water level of a nearby channel were measured once a month for 13 consecutive months. The vertical profile of the soil salinity in the salt marsh was measured once monthly over the same period. A numerical flow simulation adopting the shallow water model faithfully reproduced the salinity variation in the salt marsh. Further, we developed a soil salinity model to estimate the soil salinity in a salt marsh in Arakawa River. The vertical distribution of the soil salinity in the salt marsh was uniform and changed at almost the same time. The hydraulic conductivity of the soil, moreover, was high. The uniform distribution of salinity and high hydraulic conductivity could be explained by the vertical and horizontal transport of salinity through channels burrowed in the soil by organisms. By combining the shallow water model and the soil salinity model, the soil salinity of the salt marsh was well reproduced. The above results suggest that a stable brackish ecotone can be created in an artificial salt marsh using our numerical model as a design tool.


2009 ◽  
Vol 137 (10) ◽  
pp. 3339-3350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramachandran D. Nair

Abstract A second-order diffusion scheme is developed for the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) global shallow-water model. The shallow-water equations are discretized on the cubed sphere tiled with quadrilateral elements relying on a nonorthogonal curvilinear coordinate system. In the viscous shallow-water model the diffusion terms (viscous fluxes) are approximated with two different approaches: 1) the element-wise localized discretization without considering the interelement contributions and 2) the discretization based on the local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) method. In the LDG formulation the advection–diffusion equation is solved as a first-order system. All of the curvature terms resulting from the cubed-sphere geometry are incorporated into the first-order system. The effectiveness of each diffusion scheme is studied using the standard shallow-water test cases. The approach of element-wise localized discretization of the diffusion term is easy to implement but found to be less effective, and with relatively high diffusion coefficients, it can adversely affect the solution. The shallow-water tests show that the LDG scheme converges monotonically and that the rate of convergence is dependent on the coefficient of diffusion. Also the LDG scheme successfully eliminates small-scale noise, and the simulated results are smooth and comparable to the reference solution.


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