Level of education
Master's degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Description
This EU is based on the analysis of processes carried out during the "Field Camp" EU, as well as on the data acquired there. It aims to carry out a simulation process in response to a specific question. It comprises several phases:
• Experimental study in the laboratory and in the field: measurement of a water line and hydraulic propagation dynamics
• Creation of a simple digital model (first-order differential equation solution)
• Implementation of a model (topology-geometry description, steady-state and transient hydraulic scenarios, calibration
, scenario simulation
• Design of a hydraulic management scenario, implementation on a miniature network in the form of a role-playing game: delay time calculation, calibration of calibration curves, identification of attenuation and delay dynamics, management of control structures, evaluation of hydraulic performance.
Objectives
The objective is to deepen understanding and representation of the processes governing water flow and water quality in water transport systems (natural watercourses, irrigation or drainage canals/ditches, irrigation channels, etc.).
The first objective is to understand propagation and flow processes in water bodies and their interactions with substrates (vegetation, sediments).
The second objective is to know how to mobilize this knowledge to implement modeling tools to represent and analyze these processes at various scales of time and space, with the aim of
(i) understanding of mechanisms
(ii) analysis and design of water resource management strategies. The targeted areas of application are hydro-agricultural developments for irrigation and drainage, and watersheds.
Mandatory prerequisites
Free surface hydraulic UE
Knowledge assessment
Examination: 30%
Continuous assessment: 70%
Presentation of studies conducted, by group; knowledge test (quiz)
Syllabus
hydraulics; modeling; regulation; distribution networks