| Session Details | |
| Section | HS - Hydrological Sciences |
| Session Title | Ecohydraulics: An attempt to narrow the gap between hydraulics and ecological engineering |
| Main Convener | Prof. Hojeong Kang (Yonsei University, Korea, South) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Sung-Uk Choi (Yonsei University, Korea, South) |
| Session Description | Recent years have witnessed many concerns about and the interests in restoration and management of aquatic ecosystems. Knowledge of both hydraulics and ecological engineering is of great importance in understanding and restoring such systems, but few efforts have been made to combine those two fields of study. In this symposium, we draw papers and discussions encompassing various topics in hydraulics in terms of ecological applications. Connecting sediment flushing to success rates of fish spawning, CFD modeling of streams with natural structures such as rocks, debris, and logs, and turbulence modeling of vegetated open-channel flows are a few of examples for such attempt. The main goals of our symposium are 1) to explore recent development of hydraulics in relation to aquatic ecosystems, 2) to promote discussion and comparisons between hydraulics and ecological engineering, and 3) to propose and highlight new attempts to narrow the gap between the two. The scope of this symposium is wide and embraces various types of research such as mathematical modeling, experimental approaches, field surveys, and theoretical frameworks. |