NUMERICAL-METHODS FOR CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN RIVERS AND ESTUARIES

Authors
CROUCHER AE OSULLIVAN MJ
Citation
Ae. Croucher et Mj. Osullivan, NUMERICAL-METHODS FOR CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN RIVERS AND ESTUARIES, Computers & fluids, 27(8), 1998, pp. 861-878
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications",Mechanics,"Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computers & fluids → ACNP
ISSN journal
00457930
Volume
27
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
861 - 878
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-7930(1998)27:8<861:NFCTIR>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A review is carried out of the wide range of numerical methods availab le for modelling contaminant transport in rivers and estuaries. Theore tical considerations indicate that Eulerian-Lagrangian methods (ELMs), particularly the Lagrange-Galerkin method, show the most promise for these problems. Such a method is implemented in a contaminant transpor t simulator flexible enough for modelling realistic problems. Test pro blems demonstrate the high performance of the simulator in comparison with other methods. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved .