Improvements to the Conservation Properties of FE-Based Models

Abstract

The ultimate goal of this work is to upgrade the forecast capability of finite element-based (FE) coastal circulation models by implementing improvements that result in the local conservation of modeled quantities, a long-term deficiency of such models in certain environmental regimes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA629137

Entities

People

  • Cheryl A. Blain

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Continental Shelves
  • Continuity
  • Deficiencies
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Dynamics
  • Elevation
  • Equations
  • Field Tests
  • Military Research
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Standards
  • Storm Surges
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)