TY  - CHAP
A1  - Bung, Daniel B.
ED  - Rowinski, Pawel
T1  - Laboratory models of free-surface flows
T2  - Rivers - physical, fluvial and environmental processes
N2  - Hydraulic modeling is the classical approach to investigate and describe complex fluid motion. Many empirical formulas in the literature used for the hydraulic design of river training measures and structures have been developed using experimental data from the laboratory. Although computer capacities have increased to a high level which allows to run complex numerical simulations on standard workstation nowadays, non-standard design of structures may still raise the need to perform physical model investigations. These investigations deliver insight into details of flow patterns and the effect of varying boundary conditions. Data from hydraulic model tests may be used for calibration of numerical models as well. As the field of hydraulic modeling is very complex, this chapter intends to give a short overview on capacities and limits of hydraulic modeling in regard to river flows and hydraulic structures only. The reader shall get a first idea of modeling principles and basic considerations. More detailed information can be found in the references.
KW  - Physical modeling
KW  - Similitude
KW  - Open channels
KW  - Hydraulic structures
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-3-319-17718-2 ; 978-3-319-17719-9
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17719-9_9
SP  - 213
EP  - 228
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -