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- Coastal Engineering
- pictures & information courtesy of the Canadian Hydraulics Centre
Physical and Numerical Modelling
The Canadian Hydraulics Centre of the National Research Council is Canada's largest coastal and hydraulic engineering laboratory. It is equipped with some of the world's most sophisticated technology for the generation of two- and three-dimensional waves for the physical modelling of coastal engineering problems.
- Hydrodynamic models simulate free surface flows in lakes, estuaries, bays, coastal areas and seas. Associated phenomena which is considered include long wave propagation, tides, flooding and drying of areas, turbulence, bed friction, and meteorological factors such as wind.
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| Beach Erosion and Shoreline Protection
Beach evolution modelling is used to study the long-term evolution of shorelines.
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| Ship Wake Modelling
simulates the wave pattern generated by multiple ships and their impacts on shorelines and harbour structures.
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IceSim models have been applied to a wide variety of floating ice problems including mesoscale ice forecasting, prediction of ice jams on rivers and ice/structure interaction.
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Sediment Transport models calculate the movement of sediments in a flow field. They can be used to study erosion, migration and deposition of sediments, including the resulting changes to the bathymetry.
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Water quality models simulate migration and fate of certain physical, biological and/or chemical constituents of a water body. These models can be used to evaluate environmental impact, identify hazard areas and determine and evaluate mitigation measures.
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Associated Sites:
Canadian Hydraulics Centre
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