Practical Applications in Engineering

Introduction xvii
PART 1. OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGY 1
Chapter 1. Developing the Flood Alert Map 3
Christophe CALAS, Jean-Michel TANGUY and François BRESSAND

Chapter 2. Generation of a Flood in a Rapid Basin (Gard 2002) 21
Georges-Marie SAULNIER

Chapter 3. Forecasting a Flood in a Branched Network (Aude 1999) 29
Jean-Michel SOUBEYROUX

Chapter 4. Hydrological Modeling Spatialized on Two Mediterranean River Basins. Application in Flood Forecasting 37
Arthur MARCHANDISE and Christophe BOUVIER

Chapter 5. Ensemble Hydrological Forecasting and Alert with the European Flood Alert System (EFAS): Case of the Danube Basin Floods in August 2005 47
Maria-Helena RAMOS, Jutta THIELEN and Ad DE ROO

PART 2. FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS 63

Chapter 6. Propagation of a Flood in a Branched Network (Marne 1999) 65
Patrick CHASSÉ

Chapter 7. Flood Propagation in a Looped Network (Wateringues) 73
Jean-Baptiste FAURE

Chapter 8. Generation and Propagation of a Flash Flood on a River Basin (Aude 1999) 83
Jacques CHORDA and Marie Madeleine MAUBOURGUET

Chapter 9. Dynamics of the Flooding of Floodable Flatlands (Aude 1999) 93
Jean-Michel TANGUY

Chapter 10. Failure of a Dike in a Flood Environment (Agly 1999) 101
André PAQUIER

Chapter 11. Flooding by Groundwater Upwelling at Remiremont (Moselle) 113
Philippe SERGENT

Chapter 12. NAVMER: Ship Path Simulator 123
Yann HOLLOCOU and Son Ha LAM

PART 3. HYDROGEOLOGY 141

Chapter 13. Interaction between Surface and Subsurface Flows: Somme Basin 143
Dominique THIÉRY

Chapter 14. Hydrogeological Modeling of the Karst System on the Lez River (Montpellier) 157
Nathalie DÖRFLIGER, Perrine FLEURY, Bernard LADOUCHE and Hervé JOURDE

PART 4. GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF FLOODS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT 165

Chapter 15. Hydraulic Study of the Marseille Vieux-Port River Basin 167
Frédéric PONS

Chapter 16. Hydraulic Study of the Aude River in the Carcassonne Crossing 183
Arielle MASSON

Chapter 17. Failure of a Dike in an Urban Environment: Amboise 193
Jean-Michel TANGUY

Chapter 18. Study for the Prevention of Risks Associated with the Dikes of the Rhône and the Saône on Land Belonging to the Lyon Urban Community 199
Olivier BERTRAND

PART 5. ESTUARY HYDRODYNAMICS 209

Chapter 19. Real-Time Estuary Modeling (Adour Maritime) 211
Jérôme SCHOORENS and Etienne LE PAPE

Chapter 20. Operational Modeling of the Hydrodynamic Functioning of the Gironde Estuary 219
Réginald SARRALDE

Chapter 21. 3D Modeling of Salinity and Sediment Suspension in the Loire Estuary: Coupling of Processes 231
Régis WALTHER and Eric DAVID

PART 6. MARITIME HYDRAULICS 245

Chapter 22. Numerical Modeling of Sea States 247
Bertrand MICHARD

Chapter 23. Taking Sea States into Account in Offshore Racing 259
Sylvain MONDON and Jean-Michel LEFÈVRE

Chapter 24. Agitation Study for Roscoff-Bloscon Marina 265
Pascal LEBRETON

Chapter 25. Swell Agitation at Dunkirk’s Western Port 277
Pierre DEBAILLON

PART 7. TRANSPORTATION OF DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES, POLLUTION 285

Chapter 26. Study of Water Quality in the Seine 287
Patrick GOBLET and Stéphanie EVEN

Chapter 27. Drift Forecasts for the Erika and Prestige Oil Spills 301
Pierre DANIEL

PART 8. FLUVIAL AND MARITIME MORPHODYNAMICS 309

Chapter 28. Evolution of River Beds: Example of the Arc River 311
André PAQUIER

Chapter 29. Modeling of Seabed Sediments Resuspension in the Dover Strait 323
Nicolas GUILLOU and Georges CHAPALAIN

Chapter 30. Evolution of Beds around a Breakwater 331
Jean-Michel TANGUY

Chapter 31. Project to “Restore the Maritime Character of the Mont-Saint-Michel” Hydrosedimentary Studies 341
Eric LAGROY DE CROUTTE

List of Authors 361

Index 367

General Index of Authors 369

Summary of the Other Volumes in the Series 371