Abstract: Experimental investigations to understand the mechanics of motion of large sandbags and to simulate their settling behaviors are reported in this paper along with the details of experimental setup and procedures. Two ...

Abstract: Experimental results on the piping erosion process in an earthen embankment emplaced in a laboratory flume are reported in this paper along with the details of the experimental set-up and procedures. A mixture of sand, ...

Abstract: A leak detection technique in liquid pipelines is presented in this paper. The governing equations of continuity and momentum are simplified and solved in the frequency domain using the transfer matrix method (TMM). A ...

Abstract: Breached levees often cause extensive flood damage to urban and residential areas; there has been considerable interest in the numerical modeling of flooding of urban areas in recent years. However, comprehensive data that ...

Abstract: The transfer matrix method was applied to detect partial blockages in liquid pipelines using the first four harmonics of the pressure oscillations produced by sinusoidal opening and closing of a downstream valve. Unlike ...

Abstract: The uncertainty of a model to determine the damping of pressure head oscillations following a sudden valve closure in a simple piping system in a pressurized closed conduit is quantified using Bayesian inference. The joint ...