Practical Applications in Engineering

Jean-Michel Tanguy, Ministry of Sustainable Development, France.

• Introduction xviiPART 1. OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGY 1Chapter 1. Developing the Flood Alert Map 3Christophe CALAS, Jean-Michel TANGUY and François BRESSANDChapter 2. Generation of a Flood in a Rapid Basin (Gard 2002) 21Georges-Marie SAULNIERChapter 3. Forecasting a Flood in a Branched Network (Aude 1999) 29Jean-Michel SOUBEYROUXChapter 4. Hydrological Modeling Spatialized on Two Mediterranean River Basins. Application in Flood Forecasting 37Arthur MARCHANDISE and Christophe BOUVIERChapter 5. Ensemble Hydrological Forecasting and Alert with the European Flood Alert System (EFAS): Case of the Danube Basin Floods in August 2005 47Maria-Helena RAMOS, Jutta THIELEN and Ad DE ROOPART 2. FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS 63Chapter 6. Propagation of a Flood in a Branched Network (Marne 1999) 65Patrick CHASSÉChapter 7. Flood Propagation in a Looped Network (Wateringues) 73Jean-Baptiste FAUREChapter 8. Generation and Propagation of a Flash Flood on a River Basin (Aude 1999) 83Jacques CHORDA and Marie Madeleine MAUBOURGUETChapter 9. Dynamics of the Flooding of Floodable Flatlands (Aude 1999) 93Jean-Michel TANGUYChapter 10. Failure of a Dike in a Flood Environment (Agly 1999) 101André PAQUIERChapter 11. Flooding by Groundwater Upwelling at Remiremont (Moselle) 113Philippe SERGENTChapter 12. NAVMER: Ship Path Simulator 123Yann HOLLOCOU and Son Ha LAMPART 3. HYDROGEOLOGY 141Chapter 13. Interaction between Surface and Subsurface Flows: Somme Basin 143Dominique THIÉRYChapter 14. Hydrogeological Modeling of the Karst System on the Lez River (Montpellier) 157Nathalie DÖRFLIGER, Perrine FLEURY, Bernard LADOUCHE and Hervé JOURDEPART 4. GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF FLOODS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT 165Chapter 15. Hydraulic Study of the Marseille Vieux-Port River Basin 167Frédéric PONSChapter 16. Hydraulic Study of the Aude River in the Carcassonne Crossing 183Arielle MASSONChapter 17. Failure of a Dike in an Urban Environment: Amboise 193Jean-Michel TANGUYChapter 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 199Olivier BERTRANDPART 5. ESTUARY HYDRODYNAMICS 209Chapter 19. Real-Time Estuary Modeling (Adour Maritime) 211Jérôme SCHOORENS and Etienne LE PAPEChapter 20. Operational Modeling of the Hydrodynamic Functioning of the Gironde Estuary 219Réginald SARRALDEChapter 21. 3D Modeling of Salinity and Sediment Suspension in the Loire Estuary: Coupling of Processes 231Régis WALTHER and Eric DAVIDPART 6. MARITIME HYDRAULICS 245Chapter 22. Numerical Modeling of Sea States 247Bertrand MICHARDChapter 23. Taking Sea States into Account in Offshore Racing 259Sylvain MONDON and Jean-Michel LEFÈVREChapter 24. Agitation Study for Roscoff-Bloscon Marina 265Pascal LEBRETONChapter 25. Swell Agitation at Dunkirk’s Western Port 277Pierre DEBAILLONPART 7. TRANSPORTATION OF DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES, POLLUTION 285Chapter 26. Study of Water Quality in the Seine 287Patrick GOBLET and Stéphanie EVENChapter 27. Drift Forecasts for the Erika and Prestige Oil Spills 301Pierre DANIELPART 8. FLUVIAL AND MARITIME MORPHODYNAMICS 309Chapter 28. Evolution of River Beds: Example of the Arc River 311André PAQUIERChapter 29. Modeling of Seabed Sediments Resuspension in the Dover Strait 323Nicolas GUILLOU and Georges CHAPALAINChapter 30. Evolution of Beds around a Breakwater 331Jean-Michel TANGUYChapter 31. Project to “Restore the Maritime Character of the Mont-Saint-Michel” Hydrosedimentary Studies 341Eric LAGROY DE CROUTTEList of Authors 361Index 367General Index of Authors 369Summary of the Other Volumes in the Series 371

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