Coping with geometric discontinuities in porous shallow water models

Porosity-based models are a viable alternative to classical two-dimensional (2-d) Shallow water Equations (SWE) when the interaction of shallow flows with obstacles is modelled. The exact solution of the Single Porosity (SP) Riemann problem, which is the building block of numerous porosity models so...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Varra, Giada, Renata Della Morte, Cimorelli, Luigi, Cozzolino, Luca
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 17.07.2023
Subjects
Discontinuity
Exact solutions
Finite volume method
Fluid dynamics
Physical simulation
Porosity
Riemann solver
Shallow water equations
Supercritical flow
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Summary:Porosity-based models are a viable alternative to classical two-dimensional (2-d) Shallow water Equations (SWE) when the interaction of shallow flows with obstacles is modelled. The exact solution of the Single Porosity (SP) Riemann problem, which is the building block of numerous porosity models solved with the Finite Volume method, exhibits an interesting feature, namely the multiplicity of solutions when a supercritical flow impinges on a sudden porosity reduction. In the present paper, this ambiguity is overcome by systematically comparing the solution of the one-dimensional (1-d) SP Riemann problem with the corresponding 2-d SWE numerical solutions at local porosity discontinuities. An additional result of this comparison is that the SP Riemann problem should incorporate an adequate amount of head loss through porosity discontinuities when strongly supercritical flows are considered. An approximate Riemann solver, able to pick the physically congruent solution among the alternatives and equipped with the required head loss amount, shows promising results when implemented in a 1-d Single Porosity Finite Volume scheme.
ISSN:2331-8422