
256 Designing Scientific Applications on GPUs
Boussinesq-type formulations for free surface waves are conventionally
evaluated against the unified potential flow theory to evaluate limits to appli-
cation range and accuracy limits. The use of unified potential theory as a basis
for numerical models has traditionally been perceived as too expensive [32] to
solve in comparison with the typically more efficient Boussinesq-type models.
This may be true in a strict comparison between the models, especially with
respect to applications towards the more restricted shallow regions. However,
this is in spite of the fact that a numerical unified potential flow model ...