Abstract: Regulated rivers are used in many countries to sustain summer low flows and supply water for different users (drinking water, industries, irrigation, hydropower, salubrity). An upstream dam is used as storage, and the river ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the identification of an irrigation system in the presence of not completely known withdrawals. The modeling approach is based on a time-implicit finite-dimensional model of simplified equations ...

Abstract: A good model is necessary to design automatic controllers for water distribution in an open-channel system. The frequency response of a canal governed by the Saint-Venant equations can be easily obtained in the uniform ...

Abstract: This paper proposes an efficient mathematical model of an automatic upstream water-level control gate, called a Begemann or flap gate. This automatic gate controls the upstream level close to a reference level for free ...

Abstract: This study addresses the sensitivity of short-term flow forecasting in the Seine River basin (

Abstract: The controllability of an irrigation canal depends on its physical characteristics, on the control algorithm used, and on the actual condition of the canal in relation to the algorithm tuning conditions. The flow conditions ...

Abstract: The article proposes a mathematical model of an automatic upstream water level control gate designed to operate under free and submerged flow conditions, called the Vlugter gate. This automatic gate controls the upstream ...

Abstract: This article describes the hydraulic behavior of a mixed water level control hydromechanical gate present in several irrigation canals. The automatic gate is termed “mixed” because it can hold either the upstream water ...