Hydraulic Engineering Software

SECTION 1: HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING Use of measured and interpolated cross-sections in hydraulic river modelling; Two-dimensional, multi-grid, viscous, free-surface flow calculation; A comprehensive unsteady depth-averaged model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system; Real time wave propagation simulation: model implementation for the Tagus River; A numerical study of wind-induced flow in the Gulf of Thermaikos using a refined two-dimensional boundary-fitted circulation model. SECTION 2: DAM BREAKING Software dedicated to dam-break wave simulation and their validation in the framework of an IAHR working group; Computing dam-break flood wave propagation in non prismatic channels. SECTION 3: HYDRAULIC NETWORKS DESIGN AND OPERATION Use of maximum entropy flow patterns in water distribution network design; The water supply network analysis tool KANET; New methodologies for optimal operation of water distribution systems for water quality purposes; Capacity reliability and rehabilitation of deteriorated water distribution systems; The numerical Green's function technique for boundary value problems in networks; Calibration of water distribution network models using genetic algorithms; On solving water distribution network design with stochastic search optimization techniques; Simulation and optimisation of the waste water flow in urban sewer network; Study and interpretation of the cavitation in a low pressure loop system equipped with water hammer control device. SECTION 4: OPEN CHANNEL FLOWS Analysis of pressure distribution coefficient on steps under hydraulic jump conditions in sloping stilling basins; Detention pond design to mitigate down stream erosion; Water surface profiles and scour analysis for a river reach with multiple bridge proposals; One-dimensional unsteady flow computation in channels with floodplains; Water profile computation in compound channels; Mathematical model of training river bed deformations. SECTION 5: HYDRAULIC SOFTWARE CFD - a useful tool in spillway capacity determination; AQUAVITAE - a software tool for the hydraulic design and analysis of wastewater treatment works; Hydraulic computational advances in the design of small hydropower plants. SECTION 6: COASTAL AND HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING A numerical simulation of summer circulation for Monterey Bay; A finite element method for 1D and 2D shallow water; A parametric study of wind wave spectrum representations for shallow water; Simulation of the sea breeze on the central US California coast. SECTION 7: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS A reinforcement learning model for the operation of conjunctive use schemes; Optimal design of water distribution networks: a computer-aided decision support tool; Object-oriented building of a river network model for transient flow: Application of desktop GIS for decision support in groundwater management; Proposed water management system for the Great Man-made River Project. SECTION 8: HYDROLOGY Simulating transformation inflow-outflow phenomena in technical hydrology by linear time-invariant models; An approach for integrating fuzzy rule system in hydrological modeling; Performance evaluation of hydro power reservoir; Stochastic response of storage function runoff model to mutually dependent rainfall inputs. SECTION 9: FLOOD AND DROUGHT HAZARD ASSESSMENT Risk based water resources management; Ou?m? Bridge, hydraulic study: flooding risk and stability assessment using MIKE 21; Numerical study of evacuation system for overland flood flow due to storm surge; Prediction of runoff and establishment of flood control system in the urban area of Tokyo. SECTION 10: GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFER MODELLING Combined use of genetic algorithms and boundary elements in aquifer restoration problems; Modelling and simulation of flow in an alluvial aquifer in a semi-arid region of Brazil; Drainage of landfill cap systems; Modelling of pumping from heterogeneous unsaturated-saturated porous media; Dupuit-Forchheimer formulation of a transport finite element model: application to remediation of a shallow, unconfined aquifer. SECTION 11: AQUIFER CONTAMINATION AND WATER POLLUTION CAMP: a configurable graphic user interface for three-dimensional flow and transport in variably saturated porous media; Modelling of saline intrusion in a long sea outfall; Temporary remedial treatment of contaminated groundwater. SECTION 12: NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS A numerical procedure for the solution of oscillatory turbulent boundary layer flow by control-volume approach; Numerical simulation of laminar flow behind a backward-facing step using a viscous-splitting vortex algorithm; A numerical hybrid model for the solution of Boussinesq-type equations; An application of the numerical Green's function technique to advection-diffusion contaminant transport in water supply networks; Tensorial definition of the eddy viscosity in large eddy simulation of turbulent flows.