IAHR Online Short Course
Perspectives on Two-phase Flows in Urban Water Systems

8 to 10 May 2023

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This course is organised by the IAHR Working Group on Transient Flows in collaboration with the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI-ASCE). The course sessions are structured to follow the chapters of a monograph on air-water interaction in Urban Water System that is undergoing development by the working group members of EWRI and the IAHR Technical Committee on Hydraulic Structures.

The course presents various practical contexts of hydraulic systems and structures that are present in the urban environment that are characterised by interactions between air and water phases.

The course starts from the theoretical foundations of unsteady and two-phase flows, presenting some key case studies that illustrate various adverse air-water interactions in urban water systems. The subsequent discussion on two-phase flow phenomena is grouped according to the flowing mode in urban water systems, starting with air-water interactions observed in pressurized systems. Then, the adverse air-water interactions in gravity-based systems are explored. The course completes with a discussion on selected mitigation strategies that can be used to improve operational conditions in urban water systems impacted by adverse air-water interactions.

Learning goals

Upon completion, the participant should be able to:

• Understand key modes of air-water flows in urban water systems, and the formulation that is used in the description of these flows.

• Recognise the potential interactions between air and water in urban water systems, and how these can lead to adverse operational conditions

• Be familiarised with the current methods used to control the adverse two-phase flow interactions in urban water systems.

For whom?

The course is intended to water resources engineers interested in the design, operational, maintenance of urban water systems, including drinking water and collection systems.

A Professional Certificate of Attendance (PCA) is issued upon request (Please see more details below).

Lecturers

Coordinators

Programme

• 8 May 13:00 UTC | 21:00 Hong Kong | 15:00 CEST | 9:00 New York | 23:30 ACDT | 9:00 Toronto

  Prof. Moez Louati and Prof. Silvia Meniconi | Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at HKUST, Hong Kong SAR, China, and associate Professor qualified for Full Professorship at the University of Perugia.

  Opening speech (5 mins)
  

  Prof. Jose Vasconcelos | Associate Professor at Auburn University, Alabama

  Brief introduction on the monograph (15 mins)

  Prof. Steven Wright | Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at University of Michigan, United States of America

  Background, historical perspective, and case studies (30min+15min Q&A)

  
  

• 9 May 13:00 UTC | 21:00 Hong Kong | 15:00 CEST | 9:00 New York | 23:30 ACDT | 9:00 Toronto

  Prof. Bryan Karney. University of Toronto, Canada
  

  Air-water issues in pressurized flow systems (30min+15min Q&A)
  

  Prof. Musandji Fuamba. Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

  Air-water issues in gravity-based systems (30min+15min Q&A)

  
  

• 10 May 13:00 UTC | 21:00 Hong Kong | 15:00 CEST | 9:00 New York | 23:30 ACDT | 9:00 Toronto

  Prof. Helena Ramos. IST, CERIS, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  

  Mitigation strategies for air-water issues in pressurized flow systems (30min+15min Q&A)

  Prof. Arturo Leon. Florida International University
  

  Mitigation strategies for air-water issues in gravity-based systems (30min+15min Q&A)
  




• Closing session (5 mins)
  

How to participate

This short course is open only to IAHR members.

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Certificate of attendance

Upon completion of the webinar, you may request a Professional Certificate of Attendance (fee: EUR 50) issued by IAHR by indicate your intention in the registration form. If you would like to receive a Professional Certificate of Attendance (fee: EUR 50) issued by IAHR after the course, please contact iahr@iahr.org.

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