Call for papers for the 4th International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

The upcoming event is the fourth in a successful series of the International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures organized by the Hydraulic Structures Committee of the IAHR, in cooperation with other Committees, Associations or Institutions; the first was held in Tehran, Iran, in 2004, and was jointly organized by the Iranian Hydraulic Association, the IAHR and the Iranian Water Research Institute; the second was held in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, in 2006, and was jointly organized by the Venezuelan Society of Hydraulic Engineering and the Hydraulic Structures Committee of the IAHR; and the third took place in Nanjing, China, in 2008, in result of a joint organization by Hohai University, the Nanjing Hydraulic Institute and the Hydraulic Structures Committee of the IAHR.

In the present occasion, the 4th International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures will be co-located for the first time with the 
11th Water Congress (February 6-8, 2012, Porto), which is the largest Portuguese event on hydraulics and water resources, organized every two years by the APRH.

Key dates

Themes

Regulation Structures
Dams and weirs
Spillways
Ship Locks
Gates and valves
Intakes and outlets

Flow Conveyance Structures
Canals and river training structures
High-head penstocks
Surge Tanks

Energy Dissipation
Stilling basins
Stepped spillways
Jets and Plunge pools

Physical & Numerical Modeling
Instrumentation
Scale effects
Validation and verification

Prototype Measurements
Case studies
Instrumentation
Design optimization and retrofits

Environmental and Ecological
Impacts
Gas transfer
Fish passage
Stratification
Reservoir sedimentation and flushing
Turbidity currents
Scour

Best Practices in Risk Management
Dam safety and Rehabilitation
Risk and hazard assessment
Debris management structures
Sustainable design
Adaptation to climate change