Shallow water equations in Lagrangian coordinates: Symmetries, conservation laws and its preservation in difference models

• Published in: Communications in nonlinear science & numerical simulation 2020-10, Vol.89, p.105343, Article 105343
• Main Authors: Dorodnitsyn, V.A., Kaptsov, E.I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Center of mass; Conservation; Conservation law; Conservation laws; Differential equations; Energy conservation; Invariants; Lagrange coordinates; Lagrangian coordinates; Lie point symmetries; Mathematical analysis; Momentum; Noether’s theorem; Nonlinear equations; Numerical scheme; Reduction; Shallow water; Shallow water equations; Subgroups
• ISSN: 1007-5704; 1878-7274
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2020.105343

•Relationship between symmetries and conservation laws in Lagrangian (potential) coordinates and symmetries and conservation laws in mass Lagrangian variables is shown.•For the one-dimensional shallow water equations in Lagrangian coordinates with a flat bottom an invariant difference scheme is constructed which possesses all the difference analogues of the conservation laws: mass, momentum, energy, the law of center of mass motion.•For an arbitrary shape of bottom invariant schemes with conservation of mass and momentum or energy are constructed.•Some exact invariant solutions are constructed for the invariant scheme (flat bottom case). Invariant conservative difference scheme for the case of a flat bottom tested numerically in comparison with other known schemes. The one-dimensional shallow water equations in Eulerian and Lagrangian coordinates are considered. It is shown the relationship between symmetries and conservation laws in Lagrangian (potential) coordinates and symmetries and conservation laws in mass Lagrangian variables. For equations in Lagrangian coordinates with a flat bottom an invariant difference scheme is constructed which possesses all the difference analogues of the conservation laws: mass, momentum, energy, the law of center of mass motion. Some exact invariant solutions are constructed for the invariant scheme, while the scheme admits reduction on subgroups as well as the original system of equations. For an arbitrary shape of bottom it is possible to construct an invariant scheme with conservation of mass and momentum or, alternatively, mass and energy.. Invariant conservative difference scheme for the case of a flat bottom tested numerically in comparison with other known schemes.