Protection Of Open Channels Using Gabions

Remote IP Protection Using Timing Channels

Water Velocity Measurements in Open Channels Using Volumetric Current Meter (VCM)

An innovative Volumetric Current Meter (VCM) was designed in order to allow quick velocity measurements in open channels. At first, the coefficient of velocity (Cv) of the device was determined through calibration under different water velocities in the laboratory. The measurement performance was verified by measurements performed in similar flows in irrigation channels using an ordinary curren...

Decentralized volume control of open-channels using H2 norm minimization

A lumped-parameter model is considered for openchannel networks that expresses the dynamic relationship, in terms of state space variables, between gate opening sections and stored water volume variations in the different canal reaches with respect to a reference configuration of uniform flow. A proce dure is suggested to approximate a real steady flow condition with an ideal uniform flow confi...

OPTIMAL CONTROL OF PUMPING STATIONS IN OPEN CHANNELS BY METAHEURISTIC FIREFLY ALGORITHM

Optimum control of upstream pumping station in open channels with given constraint in downstream end is presented in this paper. The upstream control is capable of minimizing water level fluctuations in the channel in which the downstream pumping station causes an undesirable wave. The proposed method combines an unsteady non-uniform flow solver with shock-capturing capability, Fourier series a...

assessment of the efficiency of s.p.g.c refineries using network dea

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a powerful tool for measuring relative efficiency of organizational units referred to as decision making units (dmus). in most cases dmus have network structures with internal linking activities. traditional dea models, however, consider dmus as black boxes with no regard to their linking activities and therefore do not provide decision makers with the reasons...