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  1. Adaptive Multi-reservoir-based Flood Control and Management for the Yellow River

    Towards a Next Generation Software System - UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

    By Shengyang Li

    The Yellow River experienced many major floods in the past, often with catastrophic effects for the North China Plain. After establishing the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) of the Ministry of Water Resources, a number of reservoirs were constructed for flood control and water resources...

    Published May 2nd 2013 by CRC Press

  2. Risk and Uncertainty Analysis for Sustainable Urban Water Systems

    UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

    By Krishna Bahadur Khatri

    A combination of future change pressures - including unprecedented growth in population, urbanization, socio-economic, and climate change - are imposing new stresses on the earth’s resources and society’s ability to maintain or improve infrastructure systems and environmental quality. While...

    Published April 30th 2013 by CRC Press

  3. Analysis and Design of Marine Structures

    Edited by Jani Romanoff, Carlos Guedes Soares

    Analysis and Design of Marine Structures includes the papers from MARSTRUCT 2013, the 4th International Conference on Marine Structures (Espoo, Finland, 25-27 March 2013). The MARSTRUCT series of conferences started in Glasgow, UK in 2007, followed by the second conference in Lisbon, Portugal (...

    Published March 10th 2013 by CRC Press

  4. Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fifth Edition

    By Andrew Chadwick, John Morfett, Martin Borthwick

    Now in its fifth edition, Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering combines thorough coverage of the basic principles of civil engineering hydraulics with wide-ranging treatment of practical, real-world applications. This classic text is carefully structured into two parts to address...

    Published February 18th 2013 by CRC Press

  5. Hydraulic Fill Manual

    For Dredging and Reclamation Works

    Edited by Jan van 't Hoff, Art Nooy van der Kolff

    Without proper hydraulic fill and suitable specialised equipment, many major infrastructure projects such as ports, airports, roads, industrial or housing projects could not be realised. Yet comprehensive information about hydraulic fill is difficult to find. This thoroughly researched book,...

    Published December 17th 2012 by CRC Press

  6. Optimization of Urban Wastewater Systems using Model Based Design and Control

    UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

    By Carlos Alberto Velez Quintero

    A considerable amount of scientific evidence has been collected leading to the conclusion that urban wastewater components should be designed as one integrated system, in order to protect the receiving waters cost-effectively. Moreover, there is a need to optimize the design and...

    Published December 14th 2012 by CRC Press

  7. Long-term Process-based Morphological Modeling of Large Tidal Basins

    UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

    By Ali Dastgheib

    The study presented in this book is a part of a collective effort to bridge the existing gap of our understanding of morphological behavior of tidal basins between engineering and geological time scales by extending the use of coastal engineering tools (process-based models) to geological time...

    Published December 9th 2012 by CRC Press

  8. Maritime Engineering and Technology

    Edited by Carlos Guedes Soares, Y. Garbatov, S. Sutulo, T.A. Santos

    Maritime Engineering and Technology includes the papers from the 1st International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, 10-12 May 2011). MARTECH 2011 was held to commemorate 100 years of the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon,...

    Published November 25th 2012 by CRC Press

  9. Mathematical Techniques for Wave Interaction with Flexible Structures

    By Trilochan Sahoo

    Series: IIT Kharagpur Research Monograph Series

    Mathematical Techniques for Wave Interaction with Flexible Structures is a thoughtful compilation of the various mathematical techniques used to deal with wave structure interaction problems. The book emphasizes unique determination of the solution for a class of physical problems associated with...

    Published October 23rd 2012 by CRC Press

  10. An Approach towards Generic Coastal Geomorphological Modelling with Applications

    UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

    By Qinghua Ye

    This thesis presents the development a generic morphological model for both structured and unstructured grid. An online coupling model frame is set up by modularizing a proven 3d hydrodynamic module, a bed state description module, a sediment transport module, a bed update module, and a...

    Published October 10th 2012 by CRC Press