22th Latin American Congress on Hydraulics and International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

22th Latin American Congress on Hydraulics and International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

Asociación Internacional de Ingeniería e Investigaciones Hidráulicas (IAHR); División Latinoamericana del IAHR; Sección de Estructuras Hidráulicas del IAHR; Sociedad venezolana de Ingeniería Hidráulica (SVIH); CVG Electrificación del Caroní C.A. (CVG EDELCA)

Mon, 09/10/2006 / Sat, 14/10/2006

Some of the topics to be included in this congress include:
• fluid mechanics and fundamental hydraulics
• surface and groundwater hydrology, including climate change impact
• water resources planning
• environmental management of water resources
• hydromechanics
• fluvial and maritime hydraulics
• hydraulic works
• computer methods applied to hydraulic and environmental engineering
• hydraulics of irrigation and drainage
• water distribution systems
• ecohydraulics.

The symposium will include the following topics:
• new developments in the design of hydraulic structures, including hydrologic methods
• hybrid modelling of hydraulic structures: numeric, physical and prototypes
• new operation, monitoring and maintenance methods
• deterioration of hydraulic structures, complex repairs, intakes and spillways, submerged structures
• assessment of hydraulic structure safety, new technologies for improving assessment
• hydromechanics
• environmental impact of hydraulic structures
• hydroinformatic applications
• instrumentation in model and prototype.

Asociación Internacional de Ingeniería e Investigaciones Hidráulicas (IAHR); División Latinoamericana del IAHR; Sección de Estructuras Hidráulicas del IAHR; Sociedad venezolana de Ingeniería Hidráulica (SVIH); CVG Electrificación del Caroní C.A. (CVG EDELCA)
(Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela)
Liliana Castaño
congreso-iahr@edelca.com.ve