CHOICE 1

The "hydrological/hydraulic modeling and flood risk" module covers the study of flood genesis, flood propagation and flooding. The module aims to enable students to acquire skills in hydrological and hydraulic modeling of processes at watershed and river scales:

1) The production function, which separates rainfall into runoff and infiltration;

2) The transfer function on slopes and via the hydrographic network, overflow and flooding;

3) Construction of a project rainfall and synthetic hydrograph;

4) Applications of hydrological and hydraulic flood models.

The course also includes a field day (in situ data acquisition for hydrological/hydraulic modeling purposes, in situ flood risk analysis).

The tutorials focus on practical applications in watersheds and rivers in France and abroad, using spatialized hydrological flood models (e.g. ATHYS, MHYDAS) and hydraulic models (HEC-RAS, Onde diffusante, Onde cinématique, etc.).): analysis of rainfall/discharge data, use of hydrological/hydraulic models, parameterization/calibration/validation of models, analysis of the impact of development scenarios (dike, dam, etc.).

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This course covers the concepts of mass and heat transfer in aquifers, as well as the characteristics of low- to high-energy geothermal energy.                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The vulnerability of the underground resource will be assessed and, where appropriate, methods for protecting the aquifer from pollution will be evaluated. Various techniques for cleaning up aquifers will also be discussed, with particular emphasis on the answers offered by numerical simulation tools.

The principles of geothermal energy will also be discussed, with examples of specific systems based on the three types of geothermal energy (from shallow to very deep, from low temperature to very high temperature).

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