Influence of urban forms on long-duration urban flooding: Laboratory experiments and computational analysis

X Li, S Erpicum, E Mignot, P Archambeau, M Pirotton… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water-sensitive urban design is an integral part of flood risk management. Based on
computational modelling, we investigated the influence of various urban forms on flooding …

Micro-scale flood risk analysis based on detailed 2D hydraulic modelling and high resolution geographic data

J Ernst, BJ Dewals, S Detrembleur, P Archambeau… - Natural Hazards, 2010 - Springer
The paper presents a consistent micro-scale flood risk analysis procedure, relying on
detailed 2D inundation modelling as well as on high resolution topographic and land use …

[HTML][HTML] Can the 2D shallow water equations model flow intrusion into buildings during urban floods?

B Dewals, V Kitsikoudis, MA Mejía-Morales… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The multiple flow paths existing in urban environments lead to complex flow fields during
urban flooding. Modelling these flow processes with three-dimensional numerical models …

Underground pumped-storage hydropower (UPSH) at the Martelange Mine (Belgium): Underground reservoir hydraulics

V Kitsikoudis, P Archambeau, B Dewals, E Pujades… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The intermittent nature of most renewable energy sources requires their coupling with an
energy storage system, with pumped storage hydropower (PSH) being one popular option …

[HTML][HTML] Dam break flow computation based on an efficient flux vector splitting

S Erpicum, BJ Dewals, P Archambeau… - Journal of Computational …, 2010 - Elsevier
Dam break flow computation is a task of prime interest in the scope of risk analysis
processes related to dams and reservoirs. In this paper, a 2D finite volume multiblock flow …

Hydrodynamics of long-duration urban floods: experiments and numerical modelling

A Arrault, P Finaud-Guyot… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2016 - nhess.copernicus.org
Flood risk in urbanized areas raises increasing concerns as a result of demographic and
climate changes. Hydraulic modelling is a key component of urban flood risk analysis; yet …

Experimental and numerical study of the effect of model geometric distortion on laboratory modeling of urban flooding

X Li, V Kitsikoudis, E Mignot… - Water resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Laboratory studies of urban flooding often use geometrically distorted scale models due to
the multi‐scale nature of these specific flows. The possible bias induced by geometric …

Measurement of mass exchange processes and coefficients in a simplified open-channel lateral cavity connected to a main stream

E Mignot, W Cai, JI Polanco, C Escauriaza… - Environmental Fluid …, 2017 - Springer
Lateral cavities are major storage zones in riverine environments for which the mass
exchanges with the main stream strongly impact the characteristics of the habitat in these …

Assessing the operation rules of a reservoir system based on a detailed modelling chain

M Bruwier, S Erpicum, M Pirotton… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2015 - nhess.copernicus.org
According to available climate change scenarios for Belgium, drier summers and wetter
winters are expected. In this study, we focus on two multi-purpose reservoirs located in the …

Numerical and experimental turbulence studies on shallow open channel flows

JH Pu, S Shao, Y Huang - Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The standard shallow water equations (SWEs) model has been proven to be insufficient to
consider the flow turbulence due to its simplified Reynolds-averaged form. In this study, the k …