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Numerical Scheme
4.3.1
Continuity Equation
In the continuity equation the storage width, bs, is introduced as:
∂A
∂h
------ = b s -----∂t
∂t
(4.2)
giving
∂Q
∂h
------- + b s ------ = 0
∂x
∂t
(4.3)
As only Q has a derivative with respect to x, the equation can be centred at
an h-point (see Figure 4.3).
Figure 4.3
Centring of the continuity equation in the Abbott scheme (a generalised scheme). Note that in MOUSE ∆xj and ∆xj+1 are always equal
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