The Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory at Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) belongs to the Hydraulic Engineering and Environment Department (DIHMA), the Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) and the School of Civil Engineering at UPV (ETSICCP). In this laboratory, besides educational experimental tasks, the works carried out cover both physical and numerical modelling of free surface flows in channels and hydraulic structures.
Research focus mainly on the fields of hydraulics and river engineering, hydraulic structures and urban hydraulics, as well as on fluid mechanics.
More than 30 years of experience in physical modelling
1D, 2D and 3D numerical modelling
Design of dams, channels, energy disipators...
Both in rural and urban areas
Mathematical and physical scale modelling
RESEARCH
see more about researchTasks carried out at the laboratory are related to seven main research lines in the fields of hydraulics and river engineering, hydraulic structures, urban hydraulics and fluid mechanics. Among them, should be highlighted those dealing with flood vulnerability of bridges in rivers, energy dissipation at hydraulic structures, etc.
Scientific production of researchers working in the laboratory is published in several scientific articles, congresses and other events for scientific knowledge dissemination, where we present the most relevant results obtained in the research projects carried out.
Several students at the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering and Master in Hydraulic Engineering and Environment obtained scholarships to develop their Final Degree Project and Master thesis in the lab facilities. Researchers in charge of the laboratory are currently guiding thesis of the PhD on Environment and water engineering.
PROJECTS
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Aeration and energy dissipation
Historical flood reconstruction
Large sewage collection system design
Physical scale modelling