Conference Proceedings: Recent submissions

  • 205-Hydropower Development in India for Energy Security. 
    Jain, Sharad K.; Kumar, Vijay (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    India has a large hydropower potential and much of it is still unutilized. Presently, the country is facing a severe shortage of electric energy and this shortage is going to further increase with economic development and ...
  • 206-Hydraulic Design of Headrace and Tailrace Channel for a Low-Head Hydro Power Plant Using Partial Analysis. 
    Karthikeyan, M.; Mudgal, B. V.; Ravikumar, G.; Karunakaran, K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    An undistorted physical model of a low head hydropower plant of scale 1:100 was constructed to achieve the designated head through model studies by designing the tailrace and headrace channels. In order to minimize the ...
  • 207-Sustained Hydro Power Generation Using Wheel and Gravity Effect. 
    Sivakumar, S.; Mohan, S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Because of "wheel effect" a heavy mass can be displaced with very minimal energy compared to the same mass not subjected any wheel arrangement. Also, all the objects are subjected to the downward "gravitational force". ...
  • 208-Thermal Springs - An Alternative Source of Energy. 
    Mala, S. C.; Singh, P.; Das, M.; Acharaya, S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Thermal springs are simple natural phenomena. They are spectacular events on the crust expressing earth's internal energy. This geothermal energy is considered as the non-conventional source that yields heat and power. The ...
  • 209-Hydropedology-Based Approach for Scaling Hydrological Processes. 
    Mohtar, Rabi H.; Najm, Majdi Abu; Mallory, Joe; Salahat, Mohammed; Braudeau, Erik (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This article presents a new paradigm in characterizing and modeling the multi-scale organized soil medium and the physical properties resulting from this organization which takes into account the hierarchical organization ...
  • 210-Design of Hydroelectric Projects for Sediment Management. 
    Kothyari, U. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The design of the reservoir upstream of the dam and of the canal requires consideration of the sediment load carried by the river in case the river is sediment-laden. The hydraulics of lined canals is described from the ...
  • 211-Grain-Size Evolution of Sediments Transported by Runoff Generated by Moving Storms. 
    Lima, Joao L. M. P. de; Souza, Cristiano S.; Singh, Vijay P.; Lima, M. Isabel P. de; Azevedo, Jose M. M.; Cunha, Pedro P.; Dinis, Pedro A. M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    This study presents the results of laboratory experiments designed to investigate the influence of moving rainfall storms on the dynamics of sediment transport by surface runoff. Experiments were carried out using a soil ...
  • 212-Modeling Suspended Sediment Movement during Floods in Surface Flows. 
    Tsai, Christina W.; Man, Chuanjian (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A stochastic diffusion jump model in response to extreme flows is proposed herein to describe the movement of sediment particles in surface waters. The proposed particle tracking model classifies the movement of particles ...
  • 213-Comparison of Bed Load Formulae in Hydraulic Geometry Using Similarity Principle. 
    Yilmaz, L. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Employing the similarity principle, this paper derives the bed load formulae. The formulae include relations for stream width, meander wave length, and bed slope, which are related to friction factor, bed load discharge, ...
  • 214-Hydrological Behaviour of Mierobiotic Crusts on Sand Dunes of NW China - Experimental Evidences and Numerical Simulations. 
    Coppola, Antonio; Tedeschi, Anna; Basile, Angelo; Menenti, Massimo; Wang, Xinping; Comegna, Vincenzo (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    : Large ecological engineering projects were established to reduce and combat the hazards of sandstorms and desertification in northern China. An experiment to evaluate the effects of dunes stabilization by vegetation was ...
  • 215-Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Groundwater and Soil of Ajmer. 
    Dutta, Subroto; Gupta, Vinita (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Water, the universal solvent, takes the first priority of life on our planet Earth which serves as a unavoidable medium for the livelihood of the human beings. A little more than 65% of the Indian population now utilizes ...
  • 216-Sedimentation Analysis for Existing and Proposed Development Conditions. 
    Murillo, Blake; Wardak, Soorgul; Hamilton, Douglas L.; Shrestha, Parmeshwar L.; Cydzik, Kristina; Doroudian, Macan (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A sedimentation analysis was carried out to investigate a fluvial system in Big Tujunga Wash, Los Angeles, California. The study area is located on a braided channel complex, which has been subject to flooding during past ...
  • 217-Assessment of Reservoir Sedimentation in Maharashtra. 
    Mundhe, M. S.; Kalvit, S. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    In Maharashtra, huge water storage potential is created so far by constructing several dams of major, medium and minor category. Some of these have been seriously affected by siltation, pollution, growth of water weeds ...
  • 218-Effect of Cohesion on Detachment of Clay-Sand-Gravel Mixtures. 
    Jain, Rajesh K.; Kothyari, U. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The knowledge of detachment and transport of sediments by the stream flow is necessary for solving various problems like soil erosion in catchments, reservoir sedimentation, stable channel design, river bed degradation ...
  • 219-Effect of Vegetation on Sediment Transport by Stream Flow. 
    Kothyari, U. C.; Hashimoto, Haruyuki; Hayashi, Kenjirou (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Several studies are available on resistance to flow due to rigid and flexible submerged and unsubmerged vegetation. Much less numbers of investigations are however available on the topic of sediment transport through ...
  • 220-Ecological Impacts in the Flood Plain. 
    Bobba, A. G.; Krishnappan, B. G.; Chambers, P. A.; Singh, V. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The interaction of subsurface water with surface water is important for maintaining the ecosystem. The hyporheic zone, the transition region between stream flow and subsurface water, represents an important interface between ...
  • 221-Predicting Vulnerable Bank Erosion Zones in a Large River Meander. 
    Karmaker, Tapas; Dutta, Subashisa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A two dimensional hydrodynamic and morphological river flow model has been developed which solves the continuity and momentum equations. It predicts the rate of bank erosion, bed level changes and so on. The model is used ...
  • 222-Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Estimation by Empirical and Process-Based Approaches. 
    Dutta, Dushmanta; Bhattarai, Rabin (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The paper presents the outcomes of a comparative analysis of erosion and sediment yield estimation using two different modeling approaches. The main objective of the study was to simulate soil erosion and sediment yield ...
  • 223-Study of Thalweg Meander-Forming Processes by Physical Model. 
    Barman, B. C.; Dolai, D. P.; De, M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Natural meandering channels are one of the most complex hydrodynamics problems in all over the Globe. The flow is complex in nature particularly in pools, where flow patterns are peculiar in nature of any meandering channel. ...
  • 224-Gezira Scheme Irrigation System Performance after 80 years of Operation. 
    Ahmed, Abdalla A. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Gezira Scheme (GS) is considered one of the oldest irrigation systems in Africa and the Arab region. Moreover, its the largest scheme (0.90 million ha) in the world under a single management. The length of the irrigation ...

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