Fluctuation splitting Riemann solver for a non-conservative modeling of shear shallow water flow

In this paper we propose a fluctuation splitting finite volume scheme for a non-conservative modeling of shear shallow water flow (SSWF). This model was originally proposed by Teshukov (2007) in [14] and was extended to include modeling of friction by Gavrilyuk et al. (2018) in [7]. The directional splitting scheme proposed by Gavrilyuk et al. (2018) in [7] is tricky to apply on unstructured grids. Our scheme is based on the physical splitting in which we separate the characteristic waves of the model to form two different hyperbolic subsystems. The fluctuations associated with each subsystems are computed by developing Riemann solvers for these subsystems in a local coordinate system. These fluctuations enables us to develop a Godunov-type scheme that can be easily applied on mixed/unstructured grids. While the equation of energy conservation is solved along with the SSWF model in Gavrilyuk et al. (2018)[7], in this paper we solve only SSWF model equations. We develop a cell-centered finite volume code to validate the proposed scheme with the help of some numerical tests. As expected, the scheme shows first order convergence. The numerical simulation of 1D roll waves shows a good agreement with the experimental results. The numerical simulations of 2D roll waves show similar transverse wave structures as observed by Gavrilyuk et al. (2018) in [7].