Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation [Committee ’s
own website]
Scope
The mission of the Experimental Methods and Instrumentation Committee (EMI) is to promote new experimental methods, instruments, measurement techniques, and data analysis routines for both laboratory and field hydro-environment studies as well as to coordinate international activities in this dynamic area. Because of the diversity of measured hydraulic parameters and flow situations, a wide variety of methods and instruments have been developed. The advanced state-of-the-art instrumentation is followed by increasing expectations for data acquisition, which in turn results in the necessity of increased atomization of data collection and improvement of handling and processing of large data sets.
With respect to laboratory systems, special emphasis is given to the development of new capabilities for studying fundamental hydraulic phenomena and their interactions with other associated environmental processes such as aquatic ecosystem functioning. The central focus is on non-intrusive methods such as methods employing acoustic and optically-based instruments.
With respect to field systems, EMI activities emphasize design and implementation of multi-process and multi-scale observational and experimental studies, employing both remote and in-situ measurement techniques. Such studies incorporate the most advanced instruments connected in real-time data acquisition networks that can be linked to data models and numerical simulation tools, to underpin resource management policies.
To enhance implementation of new measurement technologies into research and practice, EMI continues its efforts in linking manufacturers, designers, and users (scientists and monitoring agencies).
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Research
Agenda
Laboratory systems: Despite the need for robust and inexpensive hydraulic laboratory equipment, development efforts currently focus on developing tools to analyse fundamental hydraulic behaviour and their interactions with other associated environmental processes such as aquatic ecosystem functioning. This leads to the development of more accurate methods and instruments to analyse new properties.
Systems for field measurements: Despite the fact that more accurate instruments and methods are also needed in the field to analyse new properties, the main goal is to develop systems that are economical and robust.
Installation of data-acquisition equipment in the field: For almost all major river systems in the world, only insufficient data on their water resource and flow-behaviour exists. The missing data may be quite basic in developing countries or very specific in high industrialised nations (pollution, flood insurance problems, etc.). The operation and maintenance of reliable measuring stations need improvement. The cost of continuous data-acquisition needed for this type of data can become prohibitive. Authorities undertake great efforts to automate the measurement, transmission and analysis of water resources data.
The IAHR-Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation provides an important link between manufacturer and users of these instruments. Particular action is needed in the testing of instruments, a field in which a new system of data-exchange should be set-up in the future. EMI offers a platform to distribute ideas for new solutions and knowledge about such instruments and methods. Efforts to establish the position of IAHR as a contributor to the efforts of international standardisation are being undertaken, based on the world-wide activities of the organisation.
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Committee Officers
Leadership Team
Chair
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Dr.-Ing. Jochen Aberle
Leichtweiss-Institut fuer Wasserbau
Abteilung Wasserbau
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
Beethovenstr. 51a
38106 Braunschweig
Germany
tel. +49-(0)531-391-3922
fax +49-(0)531-391-8184
e-mail: j.aberle@tu-bs.de
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Vice Chair
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Prof. Cristina di Cristo
Universita degli studi di Cassino, Di.M.S.A.T
Via Marconi 10
03043 Cassino FR
ITALY
tel. +39 0776 2994340
fax +39 0776 2993939
e-mail dicristo@unicas.it
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Past Chairs
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Prof. Colin Rennie
University of Ottawa
Department of Civil Engineering
161 Louis Pasteur St.
Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
USA
tel 613-562-5800 ext 6124
fax 613-562-5173
e-mail crennie@genie.uottawa.ca |
Members
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Prof. Wu Shiqiang
Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Director of the Hydraulic Engineering Department
223 Guangzhou Road
210029 Nanjing
CHINA
Tel +86 25 858 28 203
Fax +86 25 858 28 222
e-mail sqwu@nhri.cn
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Dr. David Admiraal
University of Nebraska
Department of Civil Engineering
3411 Woods Ave
Lincoln, NE 68510
USA
tel. +1 402 472 8568
e-mail dadmiraal2@unl.edu
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Rui Aleixo
Université catholique de Louvain
BELGIUM
e-mail: rui.aleixo@student.uclouvain.be |
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Shahid Ali
TU Delft
THE NETHERLANDS
e-mail: s.ali@tudelft.nl |
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Prof. Ijiro Fujita
Kobe University
Department of Civil Engineering
1-1 Rokkodai
Nada, Kobe 657-8501
JAPAN
tel. +81 78 803 6439
fax +81 78 803 6439
e-mail ifujita@kobe-u.ac.jp
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Co-opted Members
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Prof. V. Nikora (co-opted member)
University of Aberdeen
Engineering Department, Fraser Noble Building
Kings College
Aberdeen AB243UE, Scotland
UNITED KINGDOM
phone: +1224 273 830
fax: +1224 272 497
e-mail: v.nikora@abdn.ac.uk |
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Dr. Marian Muste (co-opted member)
Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1585
USA
Tel.: 319 384 0624
Fax: 319 335 5238
e-mail: muste@uiowa.edu
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Dr James Sutherland (co-opted member)
Principal Scientist
HR Wallingford
Coasts and Estuaries
Howbery Park
Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA
UNITED KINGDOM
tel. +44 (0)1491 822311
e-mail j.sutherland@hrwallingford.com |
Working Groups
- Database group (Leader: James Sutherland)
- Meetings group (Leader: Rui Aleixo)
- Publications group (Leader: Ali Shahid)
- Website group (Leader: Jochen Aberle)
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Publications
- Aberle, J. (2010). "Book review: River training and sediment management with submerged vanes." J. Hydraul. Res. 48(4), 553-554.
- Kashyap, S., Doutreleau, B., Bou-Botros, G. Rennie, C.D, and Townsend, R. (2010). "A semi-permanent method for fixing sand beds in laboratory flumes." J. Hydraul. Res., 48(3), 377-382.
- Muste, M., Mervade, V., Kim., D., Maidment, D., and Whiteaker, D. (2010). "Data models for multi-dimensional representation of the river processes." Hydrolink 4(2010), 58-59.
- Nezu, I., Di Cristo, C., and Rennie, C. (2010). "10 Questions to Prof. Iehisa Nezu." Hydrolink 4(2010), 60-61.
- Rennie, C. (ed.) (2010). "A special 75th IAHR anniversary issue of Hydrolink." - Hydrolink 4(2010).
- Rennie, C.D. and Church, M. (2010). "Mapping spatial distributions and uncertainty of water and sediment flux in a large gravel bed river reach using an acoustic Doppler current profiler." J. Geophys. Res., 115, F03035, doi:10.1029/2009JF001556, 2010.
- Rennie, C.D. and Hay, A. "Reynolds stress estimates in a tidal channel from phase-wrapped ADV data." J. Coastal Res., 26(1), 157-166.
- Nikora, V. Book Review: “Streamflow measurement“ by Reginald W. Herschy, 3rd edition, 2009, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, ISBN 978-0-415-41342-8. 507 pp., J. Hydraul. Res. (in print).
- Fujita, I., Muste, M. and Hauet, A. (2009). "LSPIV – a Powerful Tool for Measurements in Hydroscience." IAHR HYDROLINK 5/2009, 72-73.
- Aberle, J. (2008). "Measurement techniques for the estimation of cohesive sediment erosion." Publs. Inst. Geophys. Pol. Acad. Sc., E-10 (406).
- Rennie, C.D. and Rainville, F. (2008). "Improving precision in the reference velocity of ADCP measurements using a Kalman filter with GPS and bottom track."J. Hydraul. Eng. (ASCE), 134(9), 1257-1266.
- Zhang, Z., Bao, X., Rennie, C.D., Nistor, I., and Cornett, A. (2008). "Water wave frequency detection by optical fiber sensor." Optics Communication, 281(24), 6011-6015.
- Clunie, T.M., Nikora, V., Coleman, S.E., Friedrich, H., Melville, B.W. (2007). "Flow measurement using flying ADV probes." J. Hydr. Eng., 133(12), 1345-1355.
- Cowen, E.A., Hill, D., George, C., Jirka, G., Muste, M., Admiraal, D.M., Blake, A., Frizell, W., Nakato, T., Oberg, K., Pugh, C., Rehmann, C., Rennie, C., Schmidt, A.R., Styles, S., Vermeyen, T., Wahl, T., Zhu, D. (eds.) (2007). Hydraulic Measurements & Experimental Methods Conference - 2007, Book of Extended Abstracts of the Specialty Conference. September 10-12, 2007, Lake Placid, NY, Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the International Association of Hydraulic Engineers.
- Muste, M., Vermeyen, T., Hotchkiss, R., and Oberg, K. (eds.) (2007). Special Issue of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE) 133(12) on Acoustic Velocimetry for Riverine Environments published in December 2007
- Muste, M., Vermeyen, T., Hotchkiss, R., and Oberg, K. (2007). "Acoustic velocimetry for riverine environments." J. Hydr. Eng., 133(12), 1297-1298.
- Rennie, C.D., Rainville, F., and Kashyap, S. (2007). "Improved Estimation of ADCP Apparent Bed-Load Velocity Using a Real-Time Kalman Filter." J. Hydr. Eng., 133(12), 1337-1344
- 6th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Singapore, June 21-25, 2004, World Scientific Publishing http://www.worldscibooks.com/books/engineering/5494.html
- 2000 Hydroinformatic Proceedings. The Conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference held from 23-27 July 2000 in Iowa, USA, contain a book (333 pages of abstracts) and full text of all papers on a CD-ROM
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Reports
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Events
Upcoming Events with
EMI-Involvement
For further
information on upcoming conferences see IAHR and EWRI
Recent Events with
EMI-Involvement
- XXX International School of Hydraulics, Wiejce, Poland, September 14- 17, 2010
- International Symposium on Hydraulic Physical
Modeling and Field Investigation, Nanjing, China, September 13-15, 2010
- River Flow 2010, Braunschweig,
Germany, September 8-10, 2010
- Gravel-Bed
Rivers VII Conference, Tadoussac, Canada, September 6- 10, 2010
- First European
Congress of the IAHR, Edinburgh, Scotland, 4– 6 May 2010
- 7th International Symposium on Ultrasonic Doppler Methods for Fluid Mechanics
and Fluids Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden April 7-9 2010
- National
Telford Institute Workshop - Advances
in Flow, Density and Sediment Measurement Techniques in the Laboratory and the
Field, University of Dundee, UK, October 5-6, 2009
- EOS Topical Meeting on "Blue" Photonics
– Optics in the Sea, Aberdeen, Scotland, August 18-19, 2009
- 33rd
IAHR Biennial Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 10 - 14, 2009
- XXVIII International School of
Hydraulics, Krag, Poland, September 23 - 26, 2008
- 6th
International Symposium on Ultrasonic Doppler Methods in Fluid Engineering and
Fluid Mechanics, Prague, Czech Republic, September 9 - 11, 2008
- River Flow 2008, Cesme-Izmir, Turkey,
September 3 -5, 2008.
- Workshop on erosion testing
methods and techniques for cohesive sediments: University of Stuttgart, Germany,
May 27 -28, 2008
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