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International School of Hydraulics (till 2003 a national event) has very long tradition and it was initiated in 1981 and took place without interruption each year. Throughout all that long 25 years period it was successfully chaired by Prof. Wojciech Majewski and organized by the Institute of Hydro-Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The School has been organized under the auspices of the Committee for Water Resources Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences. This year it has been decided that the 26th School of Hydraulics will be organized by Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences.

The overall theme of the XXVI School of Hydraulics is ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS. We may treat Environmental Hydraulics as the field of examination of the physical, chemical and biological attributes of flowing water, with the objective of protecting and enhancing the quality of the environment, including public welfare. It is a cross-disciplinary field of study, combining among others technological, human-sociological and more general environmental interests. One of its aim is to equip managers and engineers working in water-related arenas, with available information and technology, to make rapid and robust decisions as they address the increasing challenges of ensuring a sustainable water environment and adequate water resources for generations to come. Using sophisticated numerical models, in some cases physical models and field experiments specialists in Environmental Hydraulics examine the nature of environmental hydraulics problems and develop potential solutions.

A great success behind hydraulics engineers in modelling of flows in a variety of engineering objects imposes the view that similar success is easy in the analogous river flows. There are, however, great differences between environmental flows and their engineered counterparts and they are revealed in terms of length scales, levels of turbulence and geometrical complexities. Environmental flows usually cannot be designed (as in traditional hydraulics), they are rather observed and the interest is centred on understanding their role in environmental quality.

XXVI School of Hydraulics is intended to provide a forum for scientists and engineers working in the field of broadly understood hydraulics. By bringing together experts (academics and practitioners) as well as young scientists, we hope to create a very good atmosphere for scientific debate and learning and also to make this occasion an enjoyable experience for the participants.

Who should attend?

We encourage everybody interested in any aspect of environmental hydraulics as well as traditional hydraulics to participate in the School. The School will consist of lectures and papers presented by the participants (in English). We particularly would like to attract young scientists and PhD students to use this opportunity to interact with top European and Polish specialists in the field.

Important Dates

15 04 2006 Pre registration

15 06 2006 Deadline for submission of full-paper manuscripts

01 08 2006 Notification of the paper acceptance

15 08 2006 Final registration & registration fee

19-22 09 2006 XXVI International School of Hydraulics

31 12 2006 Publication of conference proceedings

Last Update: 11 Jan 2007 M Kalinowska

International School of Hydraulics (till 2003 a national event) has very long tradition and it was initiated in 1981 and took place without interruption each year. Throughout all that long 25 years period it was successfully chaired by Prof. Wojciech Majewski and organized by the Institute of Hydro-Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The School has been organized under the auspices of the Committee for Water Resources Management of the Polish Academy of Sciences. This year it has been decided that the 26th School of Hydraulics will be organized by Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences.
The overall theme of the XXVI School of Hydraulics is ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS. We may treat Environmental Hydraulics as the field of examination of the physical, chemical and biological attributes of flowing water, with the objective of protecting and enhancing the quality of the environment, including public welfare. It is a cross-disciplinary field of study, combining among others technological, human-sociological and more general environmental interests. One of its aim is to equip managers and engineers working in water-related arenas, with available information and technology, to make rapid and robust decisions as they address the increasing challenges of ensuring a sustainable water environment and adequate water resources for generations to come. Using sophisticated numerical models, in some cases physical models and field experiments specialists in Environmental Hydraulics examine the nature of environmental hydraulics problems and develop potential solutions.
A great success behind hydraulics engineers in modelling of flows in a variety of engineering objects imposes the view that similar success is easy in the analogous river flows. There are, however, great differences between environmental flows and their engineered counterparts and they are revealed in terms of length scales, levels of turbulence and geometrical complexities. Environmental flows usually cannot be designed (as in traditional hydraulics), they are rather observed and the interest is centred on understanding their role in environmental quality.
XXVI School of Hydraulics is intended to provide a forum for scientists and engineers working in the field of broadly understood hydraulics. By bringing together experts (academics and practitioners) as well as young scientists, we hope to create a very good atmosphere for scientific debate and learning and also to make this occasion an enjoyable experience for the participants.