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Water Wave Modeling Using a Boundary Element Method with Overhauser Spline Elements

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Boundary Elements XIII

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A BEM system for modeling nonlinear, periodic water waves in the physical space has been developed. The system uses Overhauser elements to eliminate discontinuities of the slope on the water surface. It is shown that the system developed accurate model breaking plungers without numerical instabilities. A shallow water wave is presented showing its behavior as it transforms in time from a sine wave to a breaking wave, ending with its jet meeting the trough.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, 36688, USA

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  1. Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO4 2AA, UK

    C. A. Brebbia

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 314 Engineering South, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA

    G. S. Gipson

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Ortiz, J.C., Douglass, S.L. (1991). Water Wave Modeling Using a Boundary Element Method with Overhauser Spline Elements. In: Brebbia, C.A., Gipson, G.S. (eds) Boundary Elements XIII. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3696-9_22

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