Abstract: This paper presents the benefits of using an irrigation canal scale model as a main tool for introducing systems dynamics and control to postgraduate civil engineers. The canal is used as an educational resource for teaching ...

Abstract: The basic unit in a free‐surface controlled water distribution network could be composed by a single reach with upstream and downstream gates. Different methods have been proposed in the literature to control water level, ...

Abstract: Real accuracy of several calibration methods for sluice gates working in the submerged orifice flow condition was determined considering water discharge from water levels and gate openings. Data were taken from three gates ...

Abstract: The feedforward control canal problem is stated as a nonlinear optimization problem with constraints on the gate movements. It is numerically solved with the use of the sequential quadratic problem (SQP) method and the ...

Abstract: The canal delivery system in the Left Hemidelta area of the Ebro River in Spain consists of a tree-shaped net of open canals. The overall system can be quickly isolated in the case of an emergency by closing the upstream ...

Abstract: Centralized model predictive controllers are common in water systems. The control action variable can be the discharge, and the subsystems (canal pools) are modeled separately. This paper focuses on short canal pools where ...

Abstract: Different continuous‐time approaches have been proposed in recent years to formulate active control algorithms to reduce the response of civil engineering structures under dynamic excitations. In this paper, a general ...