Research summaries

Carbon accounting of hydraulic engineering schemes

HR Wallingford's new tool, HRCAT, allows a detailed estimation of carbon emissions, with an ...
Future service chain platform

This project investigated the use of new data handling and web-based service technologies and ...
Monochromatic wave boundary layers using CFX

Model simulations show that CFX is capable of providing a reasonable representation of the wave ...
Shoreline modelling knowledge transfer

HR Wallingford and the University of Oxford set up a shorter knowledge transfer project to ...
Parallel processing

This research project investigated the feasibility of implementing parallel processing within ...
Enhanced joint probability modelling

We have been working to update our approach to joint probability by applying a new mathematical ...
Representing fish in water models

The aim of this project was to identify the best way to insert fish objects in to our existing ...
Caisson motion scoping study

There has been an increased demand for large new marine terminals, often requiring offshore island ...
Development of a new tsunami generator

HR Wallingford's research has produced a unique physical modelling facility capable of generating a...
Free-surface modelling of hydraulic structures

HR Wallingford uses computational fluid dynamic (CFD) software alongside physical tools to ...
Numerical modelling of waves on coastal structures

Wave overtopping on sea walls and other coastal structures is often predicted using empirical ...
Enhancement of SEDTRAIL-RW(3D) algorithms

SEDTRAIL-RW(3D) is a sophisticated version of SEDPLUME-RW(3D) which was developed to simulate the ...
Modelling the transport of air in pipes using CFX

The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package ANSYS CFX is widely used at Wallingford for...
Development of TASS

Our TASS software is used to predict sediment release rates from trailing suction hopper dredgers. ...
SMS Bouss2D validation

SMS BOUSS-2D is fit for use for the purpose of investigating low frequency energy for site specific...
Beach design and management tool

BDMaT provides HR Wallingford with a valuable tool for practical application on waterfront ...