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Pilar García-Navarro

Pilar García-Navarro

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
8250
World Ranking
6464
National Ranking
152

Overview

Pilar García-Navarro is affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad areas, they focus on subfields including Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in Pilar García-Navarro's work include:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks

The scientist has contributed articles predominantly to several publication venues with a consistent presence, such as:

  • Journal of Hydroinformatics
  • Jornadas de jóvenes investigadores del I3A
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advances in Water Resources
  • Water

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pilar García-Navarro include:

  • "A GPU-accelerated Efficient Simulation Tool (EST) for 2D variable-density mud/debris flows over non-uniform erodible beds," 2021, published in Engineering Geology
  • "An Efficient GPU Implementation of a Coupled Overland-Sewer Hydraulic Model with Pollutant Transport," 2021, published in Hydrology
  • "A 2D finite volume simulation tool to enable the assessment of combined hydrological and morphodynamical processes in mountain catchments," 2020, published in Advances in Water Resources
  • "Comparison of new efficient 2D models for the simulation of bedload transport using the augmented Roe approach," 2021, published in Advances in Water Resources
  • "A robust two-dimensional model for highly sediment-laden unsteady flows of variable density over movable beds," 2020, published in Journal of Hydroinformatics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Sergio Martínez-Aranda
  • J. Murillo
  • Isabel Echeverribar
  • Mario Morales-Hernández
  • Adrián Navas-Montilla

The scope of Pilar García-Navarro's work involves computational methods and simulations related to hydrological and sediment transport processes, as well as environmental fluid dynamics and watershed management. Their research contributions involve both model development and the application of numerical techniques to complex environmental and engineering problems.

Best Publications

  • A HIGH-RESOLUTION GODUNOV-TYPE SCHEME IN FINITE VOLUMES FOR THE 2D SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS

    Francisco Alcrudo;Pilar Garcia-Navarro

  • A numerical model for the flooding and drying of irregular domains

    P. Brufau;M. E. Vázquez-Cendón;P. García-Navarro

  • Flux difference splitting and the balancing of source terms and flux gradients

    M. E. Hubbard;P. Garcia-Navarro

  • On numerical treatment of the source terms in the shallow water equations

    P. Garcia-Navarro;M.E. Vazquez-Cendon

  • Zero mass error using unsteady wetting–drying conditions in shallow flows over dry irregular topography

    P. Brufau;P. García-Navarro;M. E. Vázquez-Cendón

  • 1‐D Open‐Channel Flow Simulation Using TVD‐McCormack Scheme

    Pilar García-Navarro;Francisco Alcrudo;J. M. Savirón

  • Weak solutions for partial differential equations with source terms: Application to the shallow water equations

    J. Murillo;P. García-Navarro

  • Two‐dimensional dam break flow simulation

    P. Brufau;P. Garcia-Navarro

  • Efficient construction of high‐resolution TVD conservative schemes for equations with source terms: application to shallow water flows

    J. Burguete;P. García-Navarro

  • Godunov-type methods for free-surface shallow flows: A review

    Eleuterio F. Toro;Pilar Garcia-Navarro

  • 1D Mathematical modelling of debris flow

    P. Brufau;P. Garcia-Navarro;P. Ghilardi;L. Natale

  • Influence of mesh structure on 2D full shallow water equations and SCS Curve Number simulation of rainfall/runoff events

    Daniel Caviedes-Voullième;Pilar García-Navarro;Javier Murillo

  • Rainfall/runoff simulation with 2D full shallow water equations: Sensitivity analysis and calibration of infiltration parameters

    Javier Fernández-Pato;Daniel Caviedes-Voullième;Daniel Caviedes-Voullième;Pilar García-Navarro

  • Flux difference splitting for 1D open channel flow equations

    Francisco Alcrudo;Pilar Garcia-Navarro;Jose-Maria Saviron

  • McCormack's method for the numerical simulation of one-dimensional discontinuous unsteady open channel flow

    P. Garcia-Navarro;J. M. Saviron

  • An Exner-based coupled model for two-dimensional transient flow over erodible bed

    J. Murillo;P. García-Navarro

  • An implicit method for water flow modelling in channels and pipes

    P. Garcia-Navarro;F. Alcrudo;A. Priestley

  • Augmented versions of the HLL and HLLC Riemann solvers including source terms in one and two dimensions for shallow flow applications

    J. Murillo;P. García-Navarro

  • Unsteady free surface flow simulation over complex topography with a multidimensional upwind technique

    P. Brufau;P. García-Navarro

  • A 2D weakly-coupled and efficient numerical model for transient shallow flow and movable bed

    C. Juez;J. Murillo;P. García-Navarro

  • The influence of source terms on stability, accuracy and conservation in two‐dimensional shallow flow simulation using triangular finite volumes

    J. Murillo;P. García-Navarro;J. Burguete;P. Brufau

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco A. Comín
Francisco A. Comín Spanish National Research Council
Vicenç Puig
Vicenç Puig Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Marwan A. Hassan
Marwan A. Hassan University of British Columbia
Ramon J. Batalla
Ramon J. Batalla University of Lleida
Joseba Quevedo
Joseba Quevedo Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Eleuterio F. Toro
Eleuterio F. Toro University of Trento
Jan E. Vermaat
Jan E. Vermaat Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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