5.3  Shock reflection by a circular cylinder

Author

Hyunuk An, Soonyoung Yu and Stéphane Popinet

Command

gerris2D shock.gfs | gfsview2D depth.gfv

Version

120320

Required files

shock.gfs (view) (download)
depth.gfv mesh.gfv

Running time

2 minutes

The evolution of an initial "step" wave is modelled using the Saint-Venant equations. The wave interacts with a circular cylinder described using embedded solid boundaries. Adaptivity is used to track the wave fronts. This example is discussed in [1].

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Figure 41: (a) Animation of the evolution of water depth. (b) Adaptive mesh at t=0.3.

(a)	(b)

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