Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17818/NM/2016/1.1
On Fluid Dynamics of Freshwater and Seawater in Marine Systems
Andrija Štajduhar
orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-1257
; Croatian Institute for Brain Research, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb
Adriana Lipovac
orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-1080
; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Univesity of Dubrovnik
Abstract
Interaction between freshwater and seawater can significantly influence marine life and create important productive and dynamic natural habitats, such as estuaries. We study such processes and for this purpose we develop a new mathematical model with the system of coupled nonlinear conservation equations that govern the interaction of the two incompressible fluids with different properties. The system is solved by using implicit operator splitting and mixed finite elements methods. Finally, the numerical scheme has been used to provide simulations of two real world scenarios.
Keywords
Navier-Stokes; estuary; numerical simulation; freshwater and saltwater
Hrčak ID:
154074
URI
Publication date:
11.3.2016.
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