Workshop on Emerging Fields and Future Possibilities in Hydrodynamic Models with a Case Study

The workshop was started with the brief introduction of the speaker, Prof. Darshan J. Mehta. After the introduction, Prof. Mehta started with the introduction of hydrodynamics and explained in detail about the designing process of any hydrodynamic stricture.

He explained all the basic concepts briefly so that students could relate basic and advanced concepts related to hydrodynamics. After the basics of the structures, Prof. Mehta explained about the modeling procedure for any structure. He explained about the software SEC-RAS which could be used for modeling the hydrodynamic structure. He explained each step properly and simultaneously, he showed how to work with the software. Stepwise explaination was done a small hydrodynamic model was designed for the students so that they could understand the procedure of working with SEC-RAS. This software details, not only helped students but also faculties to get to know about a new technology for the design purpose. In the third stage, Prof. Mehta explained the hydrodynamic behavior of any structure with a case study of flood occurred in 2006 in Surat, Gujarat. He explained in detail about the various factors to be considered while designing any hydrodynamic structure and what were the reasons for the heavy flood. Also, in his case study, he showed various studies done on the flood occurrence which also included the possible measures to be taken in future to avoid such failure of the structures due to fluid pressure. The session was taken forward with a doubt session,where doubts from the students and faculties were taken and they were explained nicely. Also, Prof. Mehta provided a link to the students so that they can download the software and work on that. He also mentioned to guide the students as well as faculties if required regarding the analysis in the software. At last, Dr. Prashant Mukharjee, Head, Civil Engineering Department, spoke about the event and appreciated it.

Finally the session ended with a vote of thanks by Ms. Deepti Dohare, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department.