Overview

This book comprises the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of fluid mechanics and hydraulics. It covers a range of topics, including, but not limited to, experimental and computational fluid mechanics, sediment dynamics, environmental impact assessment of water resources projects, environmental flows, pollutant transport, etc. Presenting recent advances in the form of illustrations, tables, and text, it offers readers insights for their own research. In addition, the book addresses fundamental concepts and studies in the field of flood forecasting and hydraulic structures, making it a valuable resource for both beginners and researchers wanting to further their understanding of hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering.

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Author:   P. V. Timbadiya ,  P. L. Patel ,  Vijay P. Singh ,  Bandita Barman
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   2023 ed.
Volume:   314
ISBN:  

9789811991530

ISBN 10:   9811991537
Pages:   611
Publication Date:   29 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Effect of Emergent Rigid Vegetation on Flow Properties in an Open Channel.- Double-Averaged Turbulence Characteristics over Hemi-spherical Rough Bed.- Quantification of Wake Vortices around Tandem Piers on Rigid Bed Channel.- Evaluation of Selected Bed Load Transport Equation for Different Representative Sediment Sizes in Mountain Rivers.- The Experimental Analysis of Incipient Motion Condition of Nonuniform Sediment.- Local Scour Near Sluice Gate in Clay-Sand Mixtures.- Bridge Pier Scour Depth Prediction Model - A Review.- Analysis of Scour Depth around a Bridge Pier using HEC-RAS Modeling tool - A Case Study.- Numerical Investigation of Secondary Flow Structures in a Gravel Bed Asymmetric Compound Channel.- Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional Shallow Water Flow with Finite Difference Scheme.

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P. V. Timbadiya is an Associate Professor in the Water Resources Engineering section, Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. He secured his doctoral degree and post-graduation in Water Resources Engineering from SVNIT Surat in 2012 and 2004, respectively. He has guided two doctoral thesis and 29 master’s dissertations. He has over 110 research papers to his credit, including 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He served as Dean (Alumni and Resources Generation), and currently serving as Sectional Head, Water Resources Engineering Section at SVNIT. He played an instrumental role in setting up infrastructure facilities in the Centre of Excellence on ‘Water Resources and Flood Management’ such as the Experimental Hydraulics Lab, Computational Hydraulics Lab, Water Circulation System, and others. He is appointed as ‘National Consultant’ for Kalpsar Project by Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department of Government of Gujarat, India. He received ‘Prof. R. J. Garde Research Award’ for the year 2020 by the Indian Society for Hydraulics. He has awarded DST-SERB Core Research Grant for the project on ‘Local Scouring around tandem and staggered bridge piers on Non-uniform mobile bed’ in the year 2021. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career.  Prem Lal Patel is a Professor of Hydraulics and Water Resources in the Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India. He served as the Deputy Director of SVNIT. He also worked as a Reader in the Civil Engineering Department at Delhi College of Engineering (now DTU) from 1999-2007. He served as an Assistant Executive Engineer in Border Roads Organization (BRO) from 1995-1999. He did his bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from GovernmentEngineering College, India and then pursued his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. He has published more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute. He has guided 12 doctoral thesis and 47 master’s dissertation so far. He has also served in various academic positions in SVNIT Surat, such as Dean (Academics), Head of Civil Engineering Department, Dean (Research & Consultancy), Dean (PG), etc. He was also instrumental in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on ‘Water Resources and Flood Management’ in the Institute through a research grant from World Bank-sponsored TEQIP-II. He is a recipient of visiting International Fellowship (VIF-2017) 2017 for attending the ASCE EWRI Congress-2017 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career.  Vijay P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary Diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Distinguished Member of ASCE, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, an Honorary Member of AWRA, and a Fellow of EWRI-ASCE, IAH, ISAE, IWRS, and IASWC. He has published extensively in the areas of hydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, and water resources (more than 1320 journal articles, 31 textbooks, 75 edited reference books, 110 book chapters, and 315 conference papers). He has received over 95 national and international awards, including three honorary doctorates. He is a member of 11 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH), Chair of the Watershed Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is currently President of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. He has served/serves as Editor-in-Chief of 3 journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series. His Google Scholar citations include 64073, h-index: 115, and I10-index: 903. Bandita Barman is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India since July 2021. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India from October 2019-July 2021. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, China from February 2019 to September 2019. She is a recipient of the Key Funded Post-doctoral Fellowship from Wuhan University, China. She completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Water Resources Engineering and Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati in August 2018. She has authored twenty research publications, including seven articles in peer-reviewed high-impact factor journals and one book chapters. Her research interests are fluvial hydraulics, sediment transport, modelling and simulation of fluvial processes, and river sediment mining.

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