Ricerc@Sapienza

We propose a three-dimensional non-hydrostatic shock-capturing numerical model for the simulation of wave propagation, transformation and breaking, which is based on an original integral formulation of the contravariant Navier–Stokes equations, devoid of Christoffel symbols, in general time-dependent curvilinear coordinates. A coordinate transformation maps the time-varying irregular physical domain that reproduces the complex geometries of coastal regions to a fixed uniform computational one.

An original integral formulation of the three-dimensional contravariant Navier-Stokes equations, devoid of the Christoffel symbols, in general time-dependent curvilinear coordinates is presented. The proposed integral form is obtained from the time derivative of the momentum of a material fluid volume and from the Leibniz rule of integration applied to a control volume that moves with a velocity which is different from the fluid velocity.