Simulation of Solitary Wave Mechanics by a Corrected Smoothed Particle Hydrodymamics Method

Abstract

The paper is devoted to numerical modelling of solitary wave propagation phenomena in shallow water of uniform depth. The problem governing equations are solved by applying a corrected smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method in which standard smoothing kernel functions are modified in such a way that so-called linear reproducing conditions for kernel approximations and their first-order spatial derivatives are satisfied. Numerical performance of the proposed SPH model has been verified by comparing its predictions with analytical results for a solitary wave travelling over the horizontal bottom. Also, the results obtained by applying the corrected SPH method and those given by the standard SPH method, with no kernel correction, are compared. Further, an impact of the solitary wave on a vertical rigid wall is investigated, and finally an interaction of two colliding solitary waves is considered