Topics

The main theme of this symposium is the advanced technologies concerning hydraulic machinery and systems, which will contribute to enhance the sustainable development of water resources and hydropower production. The topics to be covered by this symposium include R&D, Numerical Analysis, Design, Operation, Monitoring, etc. as set out below:

1. Hydraulic turbines and pumps 
   •  Design and optimization of hydraulic turbomachines
   • Cavitating flows and erosion
   •  Environmental issues in turbine design and operation
   • Unsteady flow phenomena in hydraulic machines
   •  Naval propulsion systems
2. Sustainable hydropower 
   • Oscillatory and vibration problems in power plants and pumping stations
   •  Monitoring, diagnosis, optimization and predictive maintenance systems
   • Variable speed turbines and pumps
   • Small hydropower
   • Marine turbines
3. Hydraulic systems 
   •  Water supply systems
   • Sanitation, wastewater, urban drainage
   • Valves and gates
   • Irrigation
   • Free surface flows
4. Advances in computational and experimental techniques 
   • Models, algorithms and code development in hydrodynamics
   • Numerical simulation and analysis of cavitating and two-phase flows
   • Flow stability and control
   • Novel on-board instrumentation
   • Efficiency and vibration measurement and analysis
5. Innovative technology 
   •  New materials and processes
   • Hydraulic equipment for oil and chemical industry
   • Bearings design, optimization and monitoring
   • Cryogenic pumps
   • Magnetorheological systems