Abstract: Using one dimensional flow analysis, curves are calculated for designing channel transitions so as to avoid choke. The prevention of choke is achieved by insuring that the flow in the channel below the imposed transition ...

Abstract: Solution verification is crucial for establishing the reliability of simulations. A central challenge is to estimate the discretization error accurately and reliably. Many approaches to this estimation are based on the ...

Abstract: Numerous applications within water resources require a robust and efficient optimization algorithm. Given that these applications involve multimodal nonconvex and discontinuous search spaces, evolutionary algorithms ...

Abstract: A simple and methodical strategy is presented for estimating the parameters of a catchment. The method makes use of rainfall‐runoff records to construct response surfaces of the peak flow in terms of eight calibration ...

Abstract: The probabilistic‐based calibration strategy developed in this paper was briefly reviewed and applied to derive the optimum values of eight calibration parameters. Three optimum sets are obtained: estimations of peak flow, ...

Abstract: Endowment effect (EE) describes the phenomenon that people require more to relinquish items they own than they are willing to pay for the same. This can be explained by the tendency of people to overvalue their belongings, ...

Abstract: Cost of effective design or rehabilitation of the pipe networks depends largely on the available budget and satisfying pressures expected at the demand nodes. With the available market pipe sizes, one or more solutions of ...

Abstract: Nankai megathrust earthquakes are expected to occur with a return period of approximately 90–200 years along the fault of the Nankai Trough. Because they are interplate earthquakes, it is predicted that they will cause ...