River Flow 2016. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by George Constantinescu, Marcelo Garcia, Dan Hanes.
• Editors: Constantinescu, George; Garcia, Marcelo; Hanes, Dan R
• Other Names: International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 8th
• Contents: Keynote Lectures Mark Twain, the Mississippi, and modern river engineering; G.E. Galloway Dam safety in the USA and numerical dam-break modeling for decision support in critical infrastructure protection; M.S. Altinakar Exploiting surface turbulence metrics and secondary flows in straight river reaches and open channels; E.A. Cowen, S.A. Schweitzer, V.R. Citerone, A.T. King, E.D. Johnson & R.O. Tinoco Science to inform management for resilient river systems in a changing world; P. Goodwin & A.W. Tranmer Fluvial dike overtopping: Experimental advances; W.H. Hager Messy rivers are healthy rivers: The role of physical complexity in sustaining ecosystem processes; E. Wohl A. River flow and transport processes; A1.Laboratory and eddy-resolving numerical investigations of fundamental physical processes and transport in open channels; A2. Field studies and numerical investigations of flow and transport in natural streams; A3. Innovative field and laboratory instrumentation for the study of flow in open channels; Special session: Experimental techniques used in fluvial hydraulics. Organizer: C. di Cristo, University of Lazio, Italy; Special session: Image-based measurements and video analysis. Organizer: Y. Ozeren, University of Mississippi, USA; Special Session: Estimation of uncertainty in hydrometric measurements and other flow measurements of environmental scale. Organizer: J. Gonzalez, South Florida Water Management District, USA; Special session: Environmental role of hydraulic interfaces. Organizers: A. Marion, University of Padua, Italy; F. Ballio, Politechnic University Milan, Italy; J. Aberle, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway & M. Zaramella, University of Padova, Italy; Special session: Buoyancy-driven flows. Organizers: C. Adduce, University of Rome Tre, Italy & M. Franca, EPFL, Switzerland B. Sediment transport and river morphodynamics ; B1. Mechanics of sediment transport; B2. Dynamics of bedforms and meandering streams; B3. Large-scale river morphology and morphodynamics; B4. Local scour around hydraulic structures; B5. Numerical aspects of sediment transport and hyper-concentrated/granular flows; Special session: Reservoir sustainability. Organizer: A. Cox, Saint Louis University, USA; Special session: Applications of hydro-acoustics to river morphodynamics. Organizers: D. Hanes, Saint Louis University, USA & S. Wright, USGS, USA; Special session: Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of river confluences. Organizer: B. Rhoads, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Special session: Dynamics of meander cutoffs. Organizer: K. Konsoer, Louisianan State University, USA C. River Floods ; C1. Numerical prediction of floods; C2. Channel-floodplain interactions driven by floods; C3. Geomorphic dam-break flows and breach formation; C4. Flood propagation and control; Special session: Flood science for flood prediction, mitigation, and resilience. Organizers: M. Muste, L. Weber & N. Young, IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, USA D. River management, ecology, and restoration ; D1. Sustainable engineering solutions for management of natural streams; D2. River training and design of river restoration structures; D3.Ecological aspects of river flows; D4. Flow in vegetated channels; Special session: Large wood in fluvial ecosystems. Organizer: V. Ruiz-Villanueva, University of Bern, Switzerland; Special session: Fish passage. Organizer: M. Politano, University of Iowa, USA Author Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 627.12; River engineering -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317289111
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