Category Archives: morphology

Dam removal

These days dam removal is a hot subject. Even Wired News talks about it. First, some data: about 800000 dams in the world, and 45000 higher than 15m; a majority of them has been built after world war II, i.e. … Continue reading

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SMS and MIKE21

Hi dudes, We are MIKE21 (www.dhigroup.com) model users. But we know there is a software package SMS (www.ems-i.com) that more or less does as the same things as MIKE 21, but it is considerable cheaper. Did anyone try SMS? Suggestions? … Continue reading

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2-D Hydrodynamic models: RUNS for free

It is going to be topic of next posts a discussion on mathematical models in the Hydraulic Engineering field. Now we’d like to suggest two free software package for the simulation of one and two-dimensional analysis of environmental flows. They … Continue reading

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Coastal Engineering Manual e-book

US Army Corps of Engineer publishes a Coastal Engineering Manual. Hydrodynamic and sediment processes in coastal are treated, with a focus on the project applications of the physical processes. The manual is organized in pdf files, with an interesting Appendix … Continue reading

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morphodynamics e-book

Professor Gary Parker (http://cee.uiuc.edu/people/parkerg/) is one of the most famous morphodynamicists. His fields of interest cover Morphodynamics of dam removal Fluvial incision into bedrock Deltaic and reservoir sedimentation Response of large rivers to sea level rise etc… Prof. Parker shares … Continue reading

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