Water Engineering and Development Centre

Hydrodynamics

Hydrodynamics, Fluvial Processes and Catchment Management

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We use field measurements, experiments, mathematical techniques and numerical methods to study the movement of water through and over the earth’s surface from catchment to Kolmogorov scales.

Expertise

  • Catchment and flood modelling and management
  • Ecohydrodynamics
  • Soil erosion
  • Contaminant transport
  • Shallow water numerical methods
  • Nonlinear analysis and signal processing
  • Turbulence physics

Recent Research Highlights

  • £210k research funding from NERC for a project entitled "COMPACT: The role of soil management in Catchment Flood Risk”. This will use novel field approaches such as GPR and CT scanning to quantify local soil characteristics and then upscale using a hydrological model to assess potential for Natural Flood Management.
  • In 2017, our work with colleagues at Southampton and Melbourne on the structure of turbulent boundary layers won the 2017 Fluid Dynamics Research prize.

Education and Training

  • MSc in Hydrodynamics and Data Analysis for Water Engineering (proposed to start 2020)

Publications and Resources

Publications and resources are available in print or to download free of charge. A list of WEDC journal papers is available here.

Staff