| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R54880/01 |
| Title: |
Visiting Fellowship for Professor Boris Abril |
| Principal Investigator: |
Knight, Emeritus Professor DW |
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Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
17 July 2001 |
Ends: |
16 July 2003 |
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44,769
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| Coastal & Waterway Engineering |
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Professor Boris Abril from Cuenca University and Consultant in Fluviomorphology to the Planning Council for Emergency Measures in the Paute River Basin, Ecuador, is in a unique position advising on one of the most unusual geomorphological events this decade. Following a disastrous landslide in 1993 that killed 300 people, a 40 m high 'dam' was formed on the Paute River, creating an enormous lake upstream. When the dam eventually broke, the river bed levels rose by up to 30 m over a 10 km reach, and are now being stabilised some 20 m above their original bed level. Professor Abril 10 year's experience in finite element river modelling is being used to make serious management and complex technical decisions concerning the fate of the river. He intends to visit Professor Knight at Birmingham University, over a 24 month period, split into three shorter periods, totalling 6 months, to collaborate on research into the hydrodynamic and geomorphological processes of flooding rivers. He will develop his 2-D streamwise finite-element programs further, contribute to 2 national EPSRC Networks, 3 EPSRC research programmes at Birmingham, give seminars to PhD students, as well as visiting Glasgow, Loughborough and Nottingham universities. The Paute river data and modelling experience will be made available on the web to other researchers involved in river engineering.
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