USER MANUAL SWAN Cycle III version 40.72A
USER MANUAL SWAN Cycle III version 40.72A
USER MANUAL SWAN Cycle III version 40.72A
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62 Chapter 4<br />
| BSBT<br />
PROP < | Sec |<br />
| GSE [waveage] < MIn ><br />
| | HR |<br />
| | DAy |<br />
Command to choose:<br />
• the BSBT scheme (stationary and nonstationary) instead of the default S&L scheme<br />
(in case of nonstationary cases) or the default SORDUP scheme (in case of stationary<br />
cases) or<br />
• the wave age (for the default nonstationary S&L scheme).<br />
BSBT<br />
GSE<br />
[waveage]<br />
the BSBT scheme will be used in the computations.<br />
garden-sprinkler-effect is to be counteracted in the S&L propagation scheme<br />
(default for nonstationary computations) by adding a diffusion term to the basic<br />
equation. This may affect the numerical stability of <strong>SWAN</strong> (see Scientific/<br />
Technical documentation).<br />
the time interval used to determine the diffusion which counteracts the so-called<br />
garden-sprinkler effect. The default value of [waveage] is zero, i.e. no added<br />
diffusion. The value of [waveage] should correspond to the travel time of<br />
the waves over the computational region.<br />
Notes:<br />
• All schemes (BSBT, SORDUP and S&L) can be used in combination with curvilinear<br />
grids. With the higher order schemes (S&L and SORDUP) it is important to<br />
use a gradually varying grid, otherwise there may be a severe loss of accuracy. If<br />
sharp transitions in the grid cannot be avoided it is safer to use the BSBT scheme.<br />
• In the computation with unstructured meshes, a first order upwind scheme will be<br />
employed. This scheme is very robust but rather diffusive. This may only be significant<br />
for the case when swell waves propagate over relative large distances (in the<br />
order of thousands of kilometers) within the model domain.<br />
| -> ACCUR [drel] [dhoval] [dtoval] [npnts]<br />
NUMeric ( <<br />
| STOPC [dabs] [drel] [curvat] [npnts]<br />
&<br />
| -> STAT [mxitst] [alfa] |