Documentation and Maintenance of Computer Programs for Computing Long-Wave Runup on a Coastline

这一行动是一个协调项目的一部分， 维护专用计算机代码， 研究海啸的不同方面（地震 海浪）冲到海岸线上。 它涉及到一种合作 康奈尔大学的菲利普·刘教授和 芝加哥大学的小林教授和格里利教授 特拉华州。 相当多的专用计算机程序 已经发展成为学生博士论文的一部分。 其中一些代码后来被发现有更广泛的 它的实用性和其他研究人员的兴趣。 在 当他们被开发出来时，大量的投资 将它们记录下来以供一般使用所需的精力和时间 并没有被制造出来。 现在人们越来越认识到这一点 需要，但没有商定的标准， 文献. 该项目旨在作为一项试点研究， 记录和维护现有的三台计算机 程序. 目标是为以下方面制定准则： 记录和维护这样的大型计算机 代码，从而定义了一个标准， 开发商可以跟进。 这一行动是为了小林教授的工作， 特拉华州大学应用科学中心的格里尔说， 海岸研究。 格里利教授的代码解决了 二维非线性势流方程， 任意底部几何形状，并可用于短 波长（例如风浪）和长波长（例如 海啸）。 小林教授的代码计算出- 一维非线性长波爬高 任意几何形状的坡度和粗糙度特性。

This action is part of a coordinated project to document and maintain special-purpose computer codes which can be used to study different aspects of the runup of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) onto a coastline. It involves a collaboration between Professor Philip Liu at Cornell University, and Professors Kobayashi and Grilli at the University of Delaware. Quite a large number of special-purpose computer programs have been developed as part of student doctoral theses. Some of these codes were later found to have wider applicability, and are of interest to other researchers. At the time that they were developed, the substantial investment in effort and time needed to document them for general usage was not made. There is now a growing recognition of this need, but there are no agreed-upon standards for such documentation. This project is intended as a pilot study for documenting and maintaining three existing computer programs. The objective is to develop guidelines for documentation and maintenance of such large computer codes, thereby defining a standard which other code developers can follow. This action is for the work by Professors Kobayashi and Grille at the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Coastal Research. Professor Grilli's code solves the exact two-dimensional nonlinear potential flow equations, for arbitrary bottom geometry, and can be used for short wavelengths (e.g. wind waves) and long wavelengths (e.g. tsunamis). Professor Kobayashi's code calculates the one- dimensional nonlinear long wave runup on an impermeable slope of arbitrary geometry and roughness characteristics.