Many flows in environmental and in industrial situations can be characterised as ‘shallow’, with the horizontal scales being essentially larger than the vertical size of the flow domain. Examples are flows in rivers, estuaries, the coastal region, harbours, fresh water reservoirs, but also in settling chambers for water treatment. Shallowness implies a rather specific flow dynamics.
The purpose of this Lecture Series is to offer an overview of various aspects of shallow flows: fundamental as well as applied aspects, and numerical modelling as well as laboratory studies and field observations. Topics that will be addressed in the Lecture Series are, for example, laboratory and numerical studies of fundamental physical processes and transport mechanisms in shallow mixing layers, wakes, jets, and open channels. Also, transport of heat, solutes, and pollutants in canonical shallow flows and generic flow configurations will be discussed. Other topics are: interaction with vegetation, sediment transport and morphodynamics, which are relevant features of environmental shallow flows, such as occurring in the coastal area, estuaries, harbours and in rivers.
The course will be delivered by a number of internationally recognized experts. The aim of this course is to give a wide overview of various aspects of shallow flows. No specific prior knowledge of geophysical or environmental fluid dynamics is required, although it is assumed that the participants have a general background in fluid dynamics.
The Lecture Series Director is Professor GertJan van Heijst from TU Eindhoven and the local coordinator is Professor Jeroen van Beeck from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
Monday 3 April 2023
- 09:00 Welcome
- 09:15 Lab experiments on shallow flows / tidal exchange flows
Professor GertJan van Heijst , TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands - 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 Scaling of shallow flows and the role of secondary flows
Assistant Professor Matias Duran Matute, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Transport and mixing processes in rivers
Professor Wim Uijttewaal, TU Delft, The Netherlands - 15:45 Transport and mixing processes in rivers (Continued)
Professor Wim Uijttewaal - 17:00 Reception and poster session
Tuesday 4 April 2023
- 09:00 Stability analysis of shallow flows
Professor Scott Socolofsky, Texas A&M, USA - 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 Iteractions between flow, vegetation, and sediment transport
Prof. Anne Lightbody, University of New Hampshire, USA - 12:30 Lunch and poster session
- 14:00 Iteractions between flow, vegetation, and sediment transport
Prof. Anne Lightbody, University of New Hampshire, USA - 15:15 Coffee break
- 15:45 Tidal transport
Dr. Theo Gerkema, NIOZ, The Netherlands
Wednesday 5 April 2023
- 09:00 Tidal jet vortices and inlet mixing
Professor Scott Socolofsky, Texas A&M, USA - 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 Geomorphodynamics of coastal and inland seas
Professor Huib de Swart, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands - 12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Geomorphodynamics of coastal and inland seas (Continued)
Professor Huib de Swart - 15:15 End of Lecture Series
The citizens of the following countries are eligible to attend the von Karman Institute Lecture Series:
- EU member countries
- NATO member countries
- NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia)
- Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates)
- Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Japan, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Uruguay, South-Africa and Vietnam.
VKI reserves the right to request a clearance check with Belgian authorities.
The participants will have to present their ID card (for EU citizens) or passport (for other citizens) the first day of the lecture series.