New mathematical model for Tsunamis with precise time arrival predictions


Khawla Msheik, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 14 avril 2023 14:00 edp
Abstract:

We propose a new system of equations modeling Tsunamis in this work. It is a coupled system accounting for both water compressibility and viscoelasticity of the earth. Adding these latter physical effects is responsible for the closest-to-reality time arrival predictions (among existing models), capturing the negative peak before the main wave hump, and exhibiting the negative dispersion phenomena. This comes in remarkable agreement with previous experiments and studies on the topic. The system is also delivered in a relatively simple mathematical structure of equations that is easy to solve numerically.