Laboratory of river dynamics and hydrological engineering
GINYS-CIMNE-001
Ernest Blade-Castellet
Flumen Director
The FLUMEN Institute is the result of the merger of the FLUMEN RTD group, which has existed since 2005 at the UPC's Barcelona School of Civil Engineering and CIMNE.
FLUMEN brings together the numerical and experimental experience of the FLUMEN RTD group in hydraulics with the extensive experience of the CIMNE in numerical methods, computer simulation and integration of decision support systems.
The objectives of the FLUMEN Institute are the promotion of RTD activities and technology transfer in the field of river dynamics and hydrological engineering.
Services
River hydrodynamics
- Land use and use (infrastructure, urbanization) in relation to flood risk.
- Solid transport and fluvial geomorphology.
- Transport of non-reactive substances.
- Recovery of degraded river environments.
- Preservation / recovery of wetlands.
Urban hydrology
- Polluting load from urban stormwater runoff.
- Urban rainwater drainage: sewer network / street flow. Sink.
- Risk associated with flow on urban roads.
Reservoir dynamics
- Hydrodynamics
- Thermal behavior
- Sedimentation
- Nutrients
- Impact of reservoirs on river dynamics. Corrective measures.
Dam hydraulics
- Innovative overflow designs.
- Coronation spill.
Exploitation of irrigation canals
- Algorithms for automatic control.
- Lateral control and storage structures.
Fluid-soil-structure interaction
- New numerical methods based on the integration of particle techniques, discrete element method and finite element method.
- Study of the stability and safety of constructions under ordinary and extraordinary actions induced by water.
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