Numerical Modelling in Coastal, Hydrological and Hydraulic Engineering
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 205
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluvial hydraulics and hydrology; free surface flow modelling; environmental fluid mechanics; sediment transport; stormwater modelling and management
Interests: hydrology; hydrotechnical facilities; solar photovoltaic water pumping; water supply and drainage; multicriteria methods
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Interests: hydraulic engineering; fluid mechanics; sediment transport; turbulence; computational fluid dynamics
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Interests: hydraulic and water resource engineering; coastal engineering; numerical modelling; sediment transport
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coastal and fluvial systems represent some of the most dynamic and vulnerable components of the hydrological cycle, where complex interactions between hydrodynamics, sediment transport, morphology, and human interventions govern system behavior across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Addressing these challenges requires robust, integrative numerical modelling frameworks capable of linking hydrology, hydraulics, and environmental fluid mechanics into unified, predictive tools.
This Special Issue, “Numerical Modelling in Coastal, Hydrological and Hydraulic Engineering,” aims to provide a comprehensive platform for advancing state-of-the-art numerical, hybrid, and data-assisted modelling approaches applied to coastal, riverine, and urban water systems. We invite contributions covering free-surface and multiphase flows, debris flows and rapid mass movements, hydro-morphodynamics, wave–current–structure interactions, and stormwater modelling and management. Studies integrating numerical simulations with laboratory experiments and field observations (e.g., PIV/LDV, ADCP, LiDAR, and remote sensing) with calibration, validation, uncertainty quantification, and sensitivity analysis are especially encouraged.
By bridging process-based models with real-world applications such as flood risk assessment, climate-change impact analysis, resilient infrastructure design, and nature-based solutions, this Special Issue seeks to strengthen the connection between fundamental hydraulic and hydrological research and practical water management. The overarching goal is to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and promote modelling strategies that enhance predictability, resilience, and sustainability in water-related systems worldwide.
Dr. Saeid Okhravi
Dr. Bojan Đurin
Dr. Farhad Bahmanpouri
Dr. Ana Margarida Bento
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water systems modelling
- numerical simulation
- hydrology and hydraulics
- coastal and river engineering
- sediment and morphology
- water–environment interactions
- modelling and experimentation
- water resources and management
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