Enhancement and Refunctionalization of Dismissed Hydraulic Structures

Institution: LIDAM Laboratory of Environmental and Maritime Hydraulics, University of Salerno

Website: www.unisa.it

Country: Italy

Duration: 2 to 6 months

Contact information at the placement: Giacomo Viccione, gviccion@unisa.it

Contact information at the higher education institution: bbarone@unisa.it

Description:

The intern may participate in the following activities under the supervision of the tutor:

• Numerical modelling of hydraulic structures, e.g., with solvers: EPANET, OpenFoam, DualSPHysics;
• Optimisation analysis towards hydraulic efficiency;
• Within the scope of the above activities, the intern will be required to carry out literature research, develop, test and validate CFD codes. Based on his/her previous skills, various mathematical approaches and numerical techniques (e.g., depth-averaged models, finite-difference method, finite-volume method, SPH, etc.) may be developed and tested under the supervision of the tutor.

Requirements:

• A good knowledge of hydraulics and of the basics of numerical modelling is required;
• Prior knowledge of EPANET, OpenFoam, or DualSPHysics upon arrival, depending on the project agreed during the interview;
• Skills in Matlab or Python programming advisable.

Language of communication: English

(Internship/Position ID: NSMT_IT0017)