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Solve a Saint-Venant PDE with NDSolve?

Posted 6 years ago

Hi,

I try to simulate the equalization/distribution of a fluid within a confined volume. I selected the shallow water equations (Saint-Venant equations) and removed the slope and friction part of the equations. The two equations I use are:

eqn1 = D[A[x, t], t] + D[A[x, t]*u[x, t], x] == 0

eqn2 = D[u[x, t], t] + u[x, t]*D[u[x, t], x] + g*D[h[x, t], x]==0

With:

w - constant width of the channel
h - height of the water in the channel
u -  flow velocity
t - time
x - longitudinal axis along the channel
g - gravity constant

As boundary condition I use:

boundaryCondition = {u[-1, t] == 0, u[1, t] == 0}

which shall be equivalent to "no flow at x=+-1".

My initial condition is no flow at t=0 anywhere and some hat like distribution of the fluid height between x=-1 ... 1:

initialCondition = {h[x, 0] == 3 + Cos[x*\[Pi]/2]^2, u[x, 0] == 0};

Cos[x*\[Pi]/2]^2:Initial distribution of the fluid height at t==0

Before solving I assign the remaining constants:

constAssignments = {w -> 1, g -> 9.81};

After that I call NDSolve with the following parameters which unfortunately lead to a warning/error:

sol = NDSolve[{eqn1 /. constAssignments, eqn2 /. constAssignments, 
   initialCondition, boundaryCondition}, {u, h}, {x, -1, 1}, {t, 0, 
   10}]

NDSolve::ndsz: At t == 1.9560944493733925`, step size is effectively zero; singularity or stiff system suspected.
NDSolve::eerr: Warning: scaled local spatial error estimate of 4.424896536902471`*^7 at t = 1.9560944493733925` in the direction of independent variable x is much greater than the prescribed error tolerance. Grid spacing with 25 points may be too large to achieve the desired accuracy or precision. A singularity may have formed or a smaller grid spacing can be specified using the MaxStepSize or MinPoints method options.

A plot of the results with Plot3D[h[x, t] /. sol, {x, -1, 1}, {t, 0, 1.5}] reveals that it looks pretty good for the first tenth of a second but then the result gets disturbed.

Solution of fluid height vs. time and position

Do you have any suggestion how to solve this issue? I also wonder why DSolve is unable to solve this problem symbolically since the solution should be quite simple. I have attached the notebook file with the problem and some further explanations.

Thank you!

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POSTED BY: Martin Laabs
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Posted 6 years ago

Hi,

thank you for your help. I played a bit around and found a very suitable solution. The Adams method works very well for this problem. Additionally there was a sampling problem with the Plot3D which I solved with the MaxRecursion->6 option. I have attached the notebook.

Best regards, Martin

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POSTED BY: Martin Laabs

Martin,

Your issue is numerical instability. You will need to adjust the options to NDSolve. Try a stiff solver. Also look at some of the PDE solver options such as Method of Lines. Let me know what you try and when I have some time I will experiment a bit.

Regards,

Neil

POSTED BY: Neil Singer

Maybe this helps.

Maple 2018 can't find symbolic solution,only a general.

See attached file and Comparison

Regards,MI

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POSTED BY: Mariusz Iwaniuk
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