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Fictitious row<br />

y<br />

Bandwidth<br />

{<br />

0<br />

0<br />

Figure 4.7. Representation of five-diagonal coefficient matrix.<br />

Fictitious column<br />

4<br />

3<br />

2<br />

1<br />

x<br />

8<br />

7<br />

6<br />

5<br />

12<br />

11<br />

10<br />

9<br />

16<br />

15<br />

14<br />

13<br />

20<br />

19<br />

18<br />

17<br />

0<br />

24<br />

23<br />

22<br />

21<br />

imax = 10, jmax = 6<br />

0<br />

4. Finite-difference Formulation 89<br />

Finite-difference grid<br />

28<br />

27<br />

26<br />

25<br />

32<br />

31<br />

30<br />

29<br />

Fictitious row<br />

Fictitious column<br />

Figure 4.8. Illustration of the "natural" ordering scheme used in <strong>for</strong>ming the matrix system of equations <strong>for</strong> the free-<br />

surface elevation.<br />

In the above example, the bandwidth would be five. imax is the total number of columns in the finite-difference grid<br />

(including fictitious columns). jmax is the total number of rows in the finite-difference grid (including fictitious rows).

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