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

这项行动是一个协调项目的一部分，目的是记录和维护可用于研究海啸(地震海浪)向海岸线蔓延的不同方面的专用计算机代码。它涉及康奈尔大学的刘菲利普教授、特拉华大学的小林教授和格里利教授之间的合作。作为学生博士论文的一部分，已经开发了相当多的专用计算机程序。其中一些代码后来被发现具有更广泛的适用性，并引起了其他研究人员的兴趣。在开发它们的时候，还没有对记录它们以供一般使用所需的工作和时间进行大量投资。现在越来越多的人认识到这一需要，但对于这类文件还没有达成一致的标准。该项目旨在作为记录和维护三个现有计算机程序的试点研究。其目的是为记录和维护这种大型计算机代码制定指导方针，从而定义一个其他代码开发人员可以遵循的标准。这一行动是为特拉华大学应用海岸研究中心的小林教授和格里尔教授所做的工作。格里利教授的程序精确地解决了任意海底几何形状的二维非线性势流方程，并可用于短波长(如风浪)和长波长(如海啸)。小林教授的程序计算了具有任意几何形状和粗糙度特征的不透水斜坡上的一维非线性长波爬升。

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.