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Description
Development of a computer tool, as well as calculation methodologies to design and calculate successive pond structures and simulate their hydraulic behavior in different scenarios. To this end, the following objectives have been pursued: 1. Collect, assess and implement information (analyze design and trough scale calculation methodologies, review biological and economic design and calculation criteria and implement simulation algorithms). 2. Develop a software for designing, calculating and simulating fishways (coding methodologies, assessing algorithm performance and designing the program’s graphical interface). 3. Calibrate and evaluate the developed application through practical application in real cases.Other information
Number of researchers:
2
Development status:
In research and development phase
Intellectual Property Rights:
Registro Propiedad Intelectual
Differentiation in the market:
Quality
Applicability of technology:
Yes
Companies and markets:
Its commercial application is immediate. According to European legislation, it is currently necessary to guarantee the permeability of all the transversal obstacles to the river (dams, embankments, etc.). However, the undeniable social benefit that accompanies these structures makes their elimination impossible, so the only remedy is the installation of fish ladders. Therefore, each weir, whether old or new, must have a scale and, since it is mandatory to ensure its proper functioning, any deficiencies must be corrected. In this sense, the application becomes an important tool. The program is designed to meet the needs of technical and senior engineers facing the challenge of designing and/or evaluating a successive spillway. It offers a complete environment capable of creating functional scales from a biological and hydraulic point of view and assessing them, either before construction or once projected, in the different hydrodynamic scenarios present in the river.
Advantages:
This is the first program that, in addition to designing and calculating fishways, is able to simulate them in different hydrodynamic scenarios and therefore determine their deficiencies in the face of the dynamism of fluvial currents. It is a tool capable of interpreting the operation of any structure that consists of a succession of landfills, holes or crevices, regardless of their number or shape, which gives it the possibility, in addition to designing, assessing scales or ways before installation or fixing incorrect behaviors in those designed that present deficiencies. Likewise, it is also a software capable of adapting to the user’s different levels of knowledge, from automatic design modules to the most advanced functions with the ability to configure the expenditure curves of a given prototype. Therefore, it is a tool for both planners and researchers.
Additional Information:
PREMIO PROMETEO 2013 (AWARD ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID)
UNESCO Code:
3305 - Construction technology
Other members:
Juan Francisco Fuentes Pérez
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