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Spring 2023

Amin, Mahmud R

Circular turbulent jets are essential in many engineering applications and are thoroughly studied. Most of these studies involve stationary jets. Contemporary studies lack the understanding of translating jets partly because the experimental setup is complicated, and computational models cannot...

Fall 2013

Marriner, Bryan A

To follow is a case study on the hydraulics of the Vianney-Legendre vertical slot fishway on the Richelieu River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. This fishway is made up of three segments of linearly connected regular pools connected via two turning pools. It is known to pass multiple species of...

Spring 2011

Islam, Md Rashedul

This thesis is primarily focused on flow-field upstream of hydropower intakes, with emphasis on the use of temperature control curtains and predicting the flow acceleration zone. By reviewing the available literature, it is concluded that the flow-field upstream of hydropower intake systems can...

Fall 2017

Tang, Yao

Sinkholes are frequently reported around the world, and soil erosion around defective sewer pipe is found to be one of the possible cause of sinkholes. As water infiltrates through the defect in a pipe, soil can be washed into the pipe leading to a cavity or even sinkhole formation. Besides,...

Fall 2018

Qian, Yu

Uncontrolled air movement in sewer systems can lead to odor issues (i.e. H2S releasing), geysers, flooding, manhole cover blowup and public safety and health concerns, etc. However, the movement of the air flow in sewer systems has not been understood well, especially on the fundamentals of the...

Spring 2016

Langford, Mathew T

The development of hydropower facilities greatly affects the morphology of regional water resources, as well as the physical, chemical and biological factors of upstream aquatic ecosystems. Evaluating the environmental impacts of hydropower operations is important in a regulatory context. Of...

Fall 2016

Tang, Yangbo

Studying sediment in storm sewer systems is important for their operation and design of storm sewer systems. This thesis presents a literature review on the existing work on sediment in storm sewer and the current results of experimental studies on sediment motion and settlement in storm sewer...

Fall 2014

Courtice, Gregory J

Disruptions to Canada’s pristine northern regions have been steadily increasing due to industrial activities. Many of these impacts lead to destruction or harmful alteration of aquatic ecosystems. Recently, efforts have been made to reduce and offset aquatic habitat impacts through habitat...

Fall 2018

Billay, Graeme

Total dissolved gases generated downstream of hydropower dams pose an environmental risk to fish species. The objective of this study was to understand total dissolved gas generation mechanisms at Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam along the Columbia River near Castlegar, BC. This was in an effort to...

Fall 2013

Liu, Megan J.

Using water quality models to predict disinfectant concentrations in water distribution systems requires a knowledge of the wall decay coefficient. In this study, field water sampling was conducted in conjunction with a SynerGEE Water hydraulic model for an area of the water distribution system...