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Hydraulics of Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs: 100 Years of Prototype Structures, Advancements, and Future Research Needs by Crookston, B. M, Erpicum, S, Tullis, B. P, Laugier, F

“…Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest…”
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Influence of urban pattern on inundation flow in floodplains of lowland rivers by Bruwier, M., Mustafa, A., Aliaga, D.G., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Nishida, G., Zhang, X., Pirotton, M., Teller, J., Dewals, B.

“…The objective of this paper is to investigate the respective influence of various urban pattern characteristics on inundation flow. A set of 2000 synthetic…”
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Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Dam Breaching Model: To Which Extent Is Parameter Sensitivity Case‐Dependent? by Schmitz, V., Arnst, M., El Kadi Abderrezzak, K., Pirotton, M., Erpicum, S., Archambeau, P., Dewals, B.

“…Failure of dams and dikes often leads to devastating consequences in protected areas. Numerical models are instrumental tools to assess flood risk and guide…”
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Drift of a Drowning Victim in Rivers: Conceptualization and Global Sensitivity Analysis Under Idealized Flow Conditions by Delhez, C., Rivière, N., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Archambeau, P., Arnst, M., Bierens, J., Dewals, B.

“…We present a conceptual model of the drift of a drowning victim in a river, accounting for the mechanical effects of body decomposition. The model was tested…”
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Overtopping‐Induced Failure of Non–Cohesive Homogeneous Fluvial Dikes: Effect of Dike Geometry on Breach Discharge and Widening by Schmitz, V., Erpicum, S., El kadi Abderrezzak, K., Rifai, I., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M., Dewals, B.

“…Laboratory experiments were conducted to assess the influence of dike geometry on the breaching of non‐cohesive homogeneous fluvial dikes. Both the…”
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Contribution of land use changes to future flood damage along the river Meuse in the Walloon region by Beckers, A, Dewals, B, Erpicum, S, Dujardin, S, Detrembleur, S, Teller, J, Pirotton, M, Archambeau, P

“…Managing flood risk in Europe is a critical issue because climate change is expected to increase flood hazard in many european countries. Beside climate…”
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Force coefficients for modelling the drift of a victim of river drowning by Delhez, C., Andrianne, T., Erpicum, S., Riviere, N., Hallot, P., Pirotton, M., Archambeau, P., Dewals, B.

“…The global annual death toll due to drowning is of the order of 10 5 . Rescue and search operations in urban rivers show a low rate of success. Operational…”
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Nappe Oscillations on Free-Overfall Structures: Size Scale Effects by Lodomez, M, Tullis, B. P, Dewals, B, Archambeau, P, Pirotton, M, Erpicum, S

“…AbstractNappe oscillation and its potentially undesirable impact associated with significant noise production can be an issue for free-overfall hydraulic…”
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Mitigation Techniques for Nappe Oscillations on Free-Overfall Structures by Lodomez, M, Crookston, B. M, Tullis, B. P, Erpicum, S

“…AbstractNappe oscillation is a phenomenon that can have an undesirable impact to the local environment (e.g., nearby residences, and parks) as the phenomenon…”
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Continuous Monitoring of Fluvial Dike Breaching by a Laser Profilometry Technique by Rifai, I., Schmitz, V., Erpicum, S., Archambeau, P., Violeau, D., Pirotton, M., Dewals, B., El Kadi Abderrezzak, K.

“…A nonintrusive, high‐resolution laser profilometry technique (LPT) has been developed for continuous monitoring of the three‐dimensional (3‐D) evolving breach…”
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Discussion of “Modeling and Prototype Testing of Flows over Flip-Bucket Aerators” by Penghua Teng and James Yang by Erpicum, S, Dewals, B, Archambeau, P, Pirotton, M, Blancher, B

“…The Authors propose an interesting comparison between physical scale modeling, CFD modeling and field observations related to a unique spillway with flip…”
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Assessing the operation rules of a reservoir system based on a detailed modelling chain by Bruwier, M, Erpicum, S, Pirotton, M, Archambeau, P, Dewals, B. J

“…According to available climate change scenarios for Belgium, drier summers and wetter winters are expected. In this study, we focus on two multi-purpose…”
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Parapet Wall Effect on Piano Key Weir Efficiency by Machiels, O, Erpicum, S, Archambeau, P, Dewals, B, Pirotton, M

“…AbstractThe piano key weir is a cost-effective solution for rehabilitation as well as for new dam projects with a high level of constraints (e.g., limited…”
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Dam break flow computation based on an efficient flux vector splitting by Erpicum, S., Dewals, B.J., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M.

“…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…”
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An exact Riemann solver and a Godunov scheme for simulating highly transient mixed flows by Kerger, F., Archambeau, P., Erpicum, S., Dewals, B.J., Pirotton, M.

“…The current research aims at deriving a one-dimensional numerical model for describing highly transient mixed flows. In particular, this paper focuses on the…”
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Meandering jets in shallow rectangular reservoirs: POD analysis and identification of coherent structures by Peltier, Y., Erpicum, S., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M., Dewals, B.

“…The effect of the shallowness on meandering jets in a shallow rectangular reservoir is investigated. Four meandering flows were investigated in an experimental…”
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Impacts of climate change on future flood damage on the river Meuse, with a distributed uncertainty analysis by Detrembleur, S., Stilmant, F., Dewals, B., Erpicum, S., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M.

“…Flood risk assessments are an objective and quantitative basis for implementing harmonized flood mitigation policies at the basin scale. However, the generated…”
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Discussion of “Laboratory Study on 3D Flow Structures Induced by Zero-Height Side Weir and Implications for 1D Modeling” by Giovanni Michelazzo, Hocine Oumeraci, and Enio Paris by Rifai, I, Erpicum, S, Archambeau, P, Violeau, D, Pirotton, M, Abderrezzak, K. El Kadi, Dewals, B

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Stochastic Modelling of Reservoir Sedimentation in a Semi-Arid Watershed by Adam, N., Erpicum, S., Archambeau, P., Pirotton, M., Dewals, B.

“…Sedimentation in large reservoirs is a major concern in semi-arid regions characterized by severe seasonal water scarcity. As a contribution to improved…”
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Experimental and numerical analysis of flow instabilities in rectangular shallow basins by Dewals, B. J., Kantoush, S. A., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Schleiss, A. J.

“…Free surface flows in several shallow rectangular basins have been analyzed experimentally, numerically and theoretically. Different geometries, characterized…”
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