A two-dimensional numerical model of estuarine circulation using cubic splines
A two-dimensional, laterally integrated, numerical model has been developed to represent the velocity and salinity distribution along an estuary. The governing equations, which express the conservation of mass, momentum, and salt or heat content, are solved by a finite difference method in combinati...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/l83-013 2023-12-17T10:30:39+01:00 A two-dimensional numerical model of estuarine circulation using cubic splines Wang, Pu Kahawita, R. 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l83-013 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/l83-013 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering volume 10, issue 1, page 116-124 ISSN 0315-1468 1208-6029 General Environmental Science Civil and Structural Engineering journal-article 1983 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/l83-013 2023-11-19T13:38:54Z A two-dimensional, laterally integrated, numerical model has been developed to represent the velocity and salinity distribution along an estuary. The governing equations, which express the conservation of mass, momentum, and salt or heat content, are solved by a finite difference method in combination with spline functions.The model has been applied to the estuary of the Great Whale River in the James Bay region and results of the simulation are presented and compared with tide gauge data. The sensitivity of the model to various values of the stratification parameters that influence vertical diffusion has been studied and some preliminary results presented.The use of the cubic spline formulation in computational hydraulics has been found to be promising and warrants further development. Article in Journal/Newspaper Great Whale River James Bay Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 10 1 116 124 |
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A two-dimensional, laterally integrated, numerical model has been developed to represent the velocity and salinity distribution along an estuary. The governing equations, which express the conservation of mass, momentum, and salt or heat content, are solved by a finite difference method in combination with spline functions.The model has been applied to the estuary of the Great Whale River in the James Bay region and results of the simulation are presented and compared with tide gauge data. The sensitivity of the model to various values of the stratification parameters that influence vertical diffusion has been studied and some preliminary results presented.The use of the cubic spline formulation in computational hydraulics has been found to be promising and warrants further development. |
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A two-dimensional numerical model of estuarine circulation using cubic splines |
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A two-dimensional numerical model of estuarine circulation using cubic splines |
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A two-dimensional numerical model of estuarine circulation using cubic splines |
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A two-dimensional numerical model of estuarine circulation using cubic splines |
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