Stepped Spillways (Hydraulics) - 22 Years On
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| Date | 27.11.2013 |
| Hour | 17:15 › 18:00 |
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Prof. Hubert Chanson, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Bio: Hubert Chanson is a Professor in hydraulic engineering and applied fluid mechanics at the University of Queensland since 1990. He received a degree of 'Ingénieur Hydraulicien' from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Hydraulique et de Mécanique de Grenoble (France) in 1983 and a degree of 'Ingénieur Génie Atomique' from the 'Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires' in 1984. He worked for the industry in France as a R&D engineer at the Atomic Energy Commission from 1984 to 1986, and as a computer professional in fluid mechanics for Thomson-CSF between 1989 and 1990. From 1986 to 1988, he studied at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) as part of a Ph.D. project. The International Association for Hydraulic engineering and Research (IAHR) presented Hubert Chanson the 13th Arthur Ippen award for outstanding achievements in hydraulic engineering. This award is regarded as the highest achievement in hydraulic research. The American Society of Civil Engineers, Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI) presented him with the 2004 award for the best practice paper in the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering ("Energy Dissipation and Air Entrainment in Stepped Storm Waterway" by Chanson and Toombes 2002). In 1999 he was awarded a Doctor of Engineering from the University of Queensland for outstanding research achievements in gas-liquid bubbly flows. He has been awarded seven travel fellowships from the Australian Academy of Science. In 1995 he was a Visiting Associate Professor at National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan R.O.C.). He was Visiting Research Fellow at Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan) in 1999, 2001 and 2008. In 2004, he was a Visiting Professorial Fellow at Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France), and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (France) and at McGill University (Canada). In 2008 and 2010, he was an invited Professor at the Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire des Transferts, Ecoulements, Fluides, et Energetique. Hubert Chanson was invited to deliver numerous keynote lectures since 1998, in Australia, Asia, America and Europe. He gave a number of invited lectures and seminar, and he lectured several short courses in Australia and overseas (e.g. Taiwan, Japan, Italy). Hubert CHANSON chaired the Organisation of the 34th IAHR World Congress in Brisbane, Australia in June 2011 which attracted over 820 participants from more than 45 countries. |
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Stepped spillways are used since more than 3,000 years. With the introduction of new construction materials (e.g. RCC, PVD coasted gabions), the stepped spillway design has regained some interest. The steps increase significantly the rate of energy dissipation taking place along the chute, thus reducing the size of the required downstream energy dissipation basin. Stepped cascades are used also for in-stream re-aeration and in water treatment plants to enhance the air-water transfer of atmospheric gases and of volatile organic components.
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- Manifestation organisée par LCH – Laboratoire de constructions hydrauliques