Depth Averaged Models in Hydraulics: Modeling, Numerics and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In hydraulic engineering, free surface water flows are commonly described by means of the shallow water equations (also called the Saint-Venant equations) and closely related models. Despite their simplicity, this description is valid in many applications in hydraulics and as such has a long tradition of providing a scientific basis for engineering practice. To this end, shallow water equations arise in modelling water flows in rivers, canals, lakes, reservoirs, coastal and urban areas and many other situations in which the water depth is much smaller than the horizontal length scale of motion. As such, shallow water and closely related equations are widely used in oceanography and atmospheric sciences to model, among others, hazardous phenomena as hurricanes/typhoons and tsunamis.

This Topic aims to provide a forum for the latest advanses in hydraulic modeling based on the use of shallow water and related models as well as their novel application in practical engineering. Original contributions in the following areas, though not exclusively, will be considered for publication: new conseptual models and applications, flood inundation and routing, sedimend transport and morphodynamic modelling, pollutant transport in water, irrigation and drainage modeling, numerical simulation in hydraulics, novel numerical methods for the shallow water equations and extended models, case studies, and high-performance computing.

Prof. Dr. Anargiros I. Delis
Prof. Dr. Aly Seadawy
Topic Editors