Industrial and Applied Math

Date: November 16, 2020

Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM

Location: ZOOM

Speaker: Eric Tovar, TAMU

Title: Mathematical and Computational Issues in Coastal Hydrodynamics

Abstract: https://tamu.zoom.us/j/91296884302 (Meeting ID: 912 9688 4302) As urbanization is encroaching more and more on flood prone regions and paved surfaces are ever expanding, more catastrophic flash floods occurring in urban environments are expected in the near future. These risks are compounded by global changes in the climate. Mathematics can help better predict and understand these situations through modeling and numerical simulations. The aim of this talk is to discuss current mathematical and computational issues in modeling of shallow water flows with applications in coastal hydraulics, large-scale oceanography, and river and estuary hydraulics. The talk is split into two parts. First, we discuss the work on coastal hydraulics being conducted at the US Army Engineer Research and Development. Second, we give an overview on the work done on dispersive shallow water waves here at TAMU and highlight some numerical results.