An accuracy analysis of boundary conditions for the forced shallow water equations (Q1086060)

An approach is suggested to evaluate the relative accuracy of numerical boundary conditions for the forced initial boundary value problems by illustrating it through two methods applied for solving the one- dimensional shallow water equations. The numerical methods are Richardson-Sielecki (RS) scheme and the Galerkin finite element (FEMI) method. Numerical model tests show that the analysis results are partially confirmed with the RS scheme when C (coefficient of linear bottom friction) is zero, both radiating and driving/radiating boundaries become more accurate as higher orders of space-time extrapolations applied to the outgoing characteristic variables. Accuracy is highest with long waves. With FEMI analysis, the extraneous boundary conditions constructed using constant space-time extrapolation of the outgoing characteristic variables are more accurate than those constructed from the Box scheme or from constant or linear spatial extrapolation.