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Afdeling Hydraulica (KULeuven)
www.kuleuven.ac.be/hydr/index.html
English name: Hydraulics Section
Parent institute: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Burgerlijke Bouwkunde (KULeuven-BWK), more

Thesaurus terms (22) : ; Climate change; Construction; Current models; Estuaries; Extreme value analysis; Hydraulics; Hydrodynamics; Hydrology; Intertidal zonation; Modelling; Remote sensing; River catchment hydrology; Sediment mechanics/dynamics; Sediment transport; Spectral wave model; Statistical analysis; Stochastic models; Turbulence; Uncertainty analysis; Water waves; Wave data
Address:
Kasteelpark Arenberg 40
K.U.Leuven postbus 2448
3001 Heverlee
Belgium
Tel.: +32-(0)16-32 16 63
Fax: +32-(0)16-32 19 89
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Type: Scientific
Persons (3)  Top | Publications | Projects | Dataset 
Persons formerly associated with this organization (10)
Abstract:
The Hydraulics and Geotechnics section - Arenberg campus, conducts research that focuses on process understanding, numerical modelling and statistical analysis of aspects of the water cycle in the urban environment, in river systems, and in the coastal zone, including shelf seas and estuaries. The academic staff is responsible for teaching a number of courses related to the fields of hydraulics, hydrodynamics, hydraulic structures; urban, river and coastal engineering; and sediment mechanics and (eco-)morphodynamics. The research activities are mainly in the following domains of application:
  • urban and river hydrology and hydraulics, covering all aspects of the water cycle in the urban environment as well as in river systems. Research topics are classified in 'rainfall', 'river hydrology and hydraulics' and 'urban hydrology and hydraulics';
  • coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics with a main focus on waves and current modelling studies for design, operational or more fundamental aspects of coastal zone processes and also offshore applications;
  • sediment mechanics with a focus on cohesive sediments (mixture of clay, silt, sand and organic matter);
  • eco-hydromorphodynamics with a main focus on interactions between water, sediments and biota.


The section provides scientific consultancy services to third parties in the different research fields.

Note that there is also a Hydraulics and Geotechnics section - Bruges campus (KU Leuven, department of Civil Engineering). The focus there is on coastal and geotechnical engineering and more in particular on natural coastal protection, wave-structure-interaction and soil-structure-interaction under static, cyclic and seismic multidirectional loading.
Publications (29)  Top | Persons | Projects | Dataset 
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  • Peer reviewed article Brouwers, B.; Meire, D.; Toorman, E.; van Beeck, J.; Lataire, E. (2023). Conditioning procedures to enhance the reproducibility of mud settling and consolidation experiments. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 290: 108407. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108407, more
  • Peer reviewed article Escobar, S.; Bi, Q.; Fettweis, M.; Wongsoredjo, S.; Monbaliu, J.; Toorman, E. (2023). A dynamic 2DH flocculation model for coastal domains. Ocean Dynamics 73(6): 333-358. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-023-01554-y, more
  • Peer reviewed article Meert, P.; Pereira, F.; Willems, P. (2016). Computationally efficient modelling of tidal rivers using conceptual reservoir-type models. Environ. Model. Softw. 77: 19-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.11.010, more
  • Peer reviewed article Bi, Q.; Toorman, E. (2015). Mixed-sediment transport modelling in Scheldt estuary with a physics-based bottom friction law. Ocean Dynamics 65(4): 555-587. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-015-0816-z, more
  • Peer reviewed article Monbaliu, J.; Chen, Z.; Felts, D.; Ge, J.; Hissel, F.; Kappenberg, J.; Narayan, S.; Nicholls, R.J.; Ohle, N.; Schuster, D.; Sothmann, J.; Willems, P. (2014). Risk assessment of estuaries under climate change: lessons from Western Europe. Coast. Eng. 87: 32-49. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.01.001, more
  • Peer reviewed article Taramelli, A.; Valentini, E.; Cornacchia, L.; Mandrone, S.; Monbaliu, J.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Thompson, R.C.; Zanuttigh, B. (2014). Modeling uncertainty in estuarine system by means of combined approach of optical and radar remote sensing. Coast. Eng. 87(SI): 77-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.001, more
  • Peer reviewed article Narayan, S.; Hanson, S.; Nicholls, R.J.; Clarke, D.; Willems, P.; Ntegeka, V.; Monbaliu, J. (2012). A holistic model for coastal flooding using system diagrams and the Source-Pathway-Receptor (SPR) concept. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 12(5): 1431-1439. dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-1431-2012, more
  • Peer reviewed article Ntegeka, V.; Willems, P.; Monbaliu, J. (2012). On the relative importance of the climate change factors along the river Scheldt considering climate scenarios for upstream inland and downstream coastal (mean sea level and surge) boundary conditions. Geophys. Res. Abstr. 14(EGU2012-12156): 1 pp, more
  • Peer reviewed article Adam, S.; De Backer, A.; De Wever, A.; Sabbe, K.; Toorman, E.A.; Vincx, M.; Monbaliu, J. (2011). Bio-physical characterization of sediment stability indicators for mudflats using remote sensing: a laboratory experiment, in: Le Hir, P. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes (INTERCOH '07), Brest, France, September 25-28, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 31(10, Suppl.): pp. S26-S35. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2009.12.008, more
  • Peer reviewed article Adam, S.; Vitse, I.; Johannsen, C.; Monbaliu, J. (2006). Sediment type unsupervised classification of the Molenplaat, Westerschelde estuary, The Netherlands. EARSeL eProc. 5(2): 146-160, more
  • Peer reviewed article Song, Z. W.; Pathirana, K.P.P.; Roose, D.; Berlamont, J. (1994). Simulation of tidal flows for Southern North Sea and sediment transports for Western Scheldt estuary on parallel computers, in: Gentzsch, W. et al. High-Performance Computing and Networking. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 796: pp. 329-334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020394, more
  • Shettigar, N.A.; Riom, W.; Bi, Q.; Toorman, E.A. (2022). Modelling particle size distribution in TELEMAC-2D with Population Balance Method, in: Bourban, S.E. et al. Proceedings of the XXVIIIth TELEMAC user conference, 18-19 October 2022, Paris-Saclay. pp. 255-263, more
  • Bi, Q.; Shen, X.; Lee, B.J.; Toorman, E. (2020). Investigation on estuarine turbidity maximum response to the change of boundary forcing using 3CPBE flocculation model, in: Breughem, A. et al. Online proceedings of the papers submitted to the 2020 TELEMAC-MASCARET User Conference. pp. 26-34, more
  • Escobar Ramos, J.S. (2019). Mixed sediments of the Belgian Coast and the Scheldt: modelling and comparison with satellite data [POSTER]. Presented at CREST final conference: Climate Resilient Coast, 26-09-2019, Ostend. KU Leuven: Leuven. 1 poster pp., more
  • Bi, Q. (2015). Numerical modelling of near-bottom sediment transport: turbulence modulation, new process models and application to the Scheldt and the Belgian coast. PhD Thesis. KU Leuven, Arenberg Doctoral School: Leuven. xvi, 228 pp., more
  • Ntegeka, V.; Decloedt, C.; Willems, P.; Monbaliu, J. (2013). Quantifying the impact of climate change from inland, coastal and surface conditions, in: Klijn, F. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Flood Risk Management FLOODrisk2012, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 19-23 November 2012: Comprehensive flood risk management: research for policy and practice. pp. 103-111, more
  • Qilong, B.; Toorman, E. (2013). Modelling of hydrodynamic and morphological processes in the Scheldt Estuary with a new bed roughness, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 15, more
  • Ntegeka, V.; Willems, P.; Monbaliu, J. (2011). Incorporating the correlation between upstream inland, downstream coastal and surface boundary conditions into climate scenarios for flood impact analysis along the river Scheldt. Poster at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 Vienna, Austria, 03 - 08 April 2011. KUL. Faculty of Engineering. Hydraulics Division: Leuven. 1 poster pp., more
  • Chen, M.; Toorman, E.; Mostaert, F.; Van Den Winkel, P.; Muylaert, K.; Jacobs, P.; Vanlierde, E.; Meire, P.; Cattrijsse, A.; De Smedt, F. (2009). Coupling of a new in-situ measurement technique with a new modelling approach for the determination of the effective settling velocity of flocculating sediments in estuaries, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: an overview of marine research in Belgium anno 2009. 10th VLIZ Young Scientists' Day. Special edition at the occasion of 10 years VLIZ. VLIZ Special Publication, 43: pp. 26-27, more
  • Ibrahim, E.; Monbaliu, J. (2009). ALGASED Remote sensing for the characterization of intertidal sediments and microphytobenthic algae Contribution to WP5 (D5a_2): Supervised classification of hyperspectral images of ALGASED. KU Leuven: Leuven. 44 pp., more
  • Willems, P.; Deckers, P.; De Maeyer, P.; De Sutter, R.; Vanneuville, W.; Brouwers, J.; Peeters, B. (2009). MIRA 2009 en NARA 2009: wetenschappelijk rapport klimaatverandering en waterhuishouding. Rapport van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2009.45. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO)/Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM): Mechelen. 100 pp., more
  • Willems, P.; Baguis, P.; Ducharme, A.; Viennot, P.; Verwaest, T. (2008). Impact du changement climatique sur les extrêmes hydrologiques et hydrauliques dans les bassins de l'Escaut et de la Seine, et sur le littoral de la Mer du Nord, in: Congres Water en Klimaatverandering, 14 en 15 oktober 2008: abstracts van lezingen en posters = Conférence eau et changement climatique 14 et 15 octobre 2008: résumés des présentations et des posters. pp. 13-14, more
  • Willems, P.; Baguis, P.; Ducharme, A.; Viennot, P.; Verwaest, T. (2008). Impact van klimaatverandering op hydrologische en hydraulische extremen in de Schelde- en Seine-rivierbekkens en langs de Noordzeekust, in: Congres Water en Klimaatverandering, 14 en 15 oktober 2008: abstracts van lezingen en posters = Conférence eau et changement climatique 14 et 15 octobre 2008: résumés des présentations et des posters. pp. 5-12, more
  • Willems, P.; Vanneuville, W.; Verwaest, T.; Berlamont, J.; Monbaliu, J. (2008). Invloed van klimaatverandering in Vlaanderen. Het Ingenieursblad 11-12: 28-33, more
  • Ronsyn, J. (2007). Verwacht: onzeker hoogwater op Schelde en Dender, in: Congres Watersysteemkennis 2006/2007: Modellen voor integraal waterbeheer in Vlaanderen. Water: Tijdschrift over Integraal Waterbeleid, 32: pp. 24-28, more
  • Vitse, I.; Adam, S.; De Backer, A.; Degraer, S.; Deronde, B.; Forster, R.; Johannsen, C.; Monbaliu, J.; Sabbe, K.; Sterckx, S.; van der Wal, D.; Vincx, M. (2005). TideSed: intertidal sediment characterization using HyMap imagery, in: Herrier, J.-L. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings 'Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium 19-23 September 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 19: pp. 679-680, more
  • Vitse, I.; Adam, S.; De Backer, A.; Degraer, S.; Deronde, B.; Forster, R.; Monbaliu, J.; Sabbe, K.; Sterckx, S. (2005). TIDESED: Intertidal sediment characterization using hymap imagery, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 68, more
  • Berlamont, J. (2001). Overstromingen: waarom, waar, wanneer, hoe?, in: Symposium ruimte voor water, de beste verzekering tegen wateroverlast, Brussel, 15 mei 2001. pp. 1-4, more
  • Engel, H.; Agema, J.F.; Berlamont, J.; Peters, J.J.; Terwindt, J.H.J.; Verheyen, R.F.; Wolff, W.J. (1995). Een internationale blik op het Schelde Estuarium : verslag van een reviewteam, bestaande uit zeven deskundigen uit België en Nederland, betreffende studies van Rijkswaterstaat naar nieuwe beheerswijzen voor het Schelde-estuarium. Rijkswaterstaat. Directie Zeeland: Middelburg. 10 pp., more
Projects (9)  Top | Persons | Publications | Dataset 
  • Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems, more
  • Coupling of a new in-situ measurement technique with a new modeling approach for the determination of the effective settling velocity of flocculating sediments in estuaries, more
  • Development of simulation models for two-phase flow on geophysical scale, with applications to sediment transport in estuaries and coastal zones, more
  • Een nieuwe meettechniek gekoppeld aan een nieuwe modelbenadering voor de bepaling van de effectieve valsnelheid van een flocculerend sediment in estuaria., more
  • Feasibility study of two dimensional nutrient and sediment transport modelling for the Scheldt bassin and the controled inundation area Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde, more
  • Modelling cohesive sediment tranport in estuaries and coastal waters, more
  • Numeric simulation of sediment transport in estuaries and coastal zones, more
  • Sediment transport due to irregular waves, more
  • The influence of structural changes in (harbour) silt on it's mechanical behaviour, more
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  • Hyperspectral airborne imagery of the Westerschelde at Molenplaat and Walsoorden, more
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