Classifying River Waves by the Saint Venant Equations Decoupled in the Laplacian Frequency Domain

The Saint Venant equations are often combined into a single equation for ease of solution. As a result however, this single equation gives rise to several redundant nonlinear terms that may impose significant limitations on model analyses. In order to avoid this, our paper employs a new procedure that separates, in the Laplace frequency domain, the governing equation of water depth from that of flow velocity and thus enables us to consider two independent equations rather than two coupled ones. The so-obtained analytical solutions are valid for prismatic channels of any shape. Solution validity is assured by repeated comparison with the corresponding numerical solutions based on Crump’s algorithm, which accelerates solution convergence. Utilizing this new procedure, this paper will construct a basic wave spectrum for classifying subcritical flow waves in a prismatic channel. The spectrum is basically a contour plot of the normalized specific energy loss for a small water wave moving in the channel for a f...

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