This research concerns two projects: a hydraulic model study of the Calument Pumping Station, and a flow field study of Keep Reading…
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Spillway Optimization at Batavia Dam
The Batavia Dam is located on the Fox River in Batavia, Illinois. It is a low overflow structure with a Keep Reading…
Movable-Bed Model Testing of Bridge Scour
The Alaska Railroad Corporation is planning and designing the Northern Rail Extension Project to extend from a location on the Keep Reading…
Fox River Batavia Dam Restoration Study
The Batavia Dam is located in the town of Batavia, Illinois on the Fox River (river mile 56.26). Aging and Keep Reading…
Chicago River Density Currents
The main purpose of this study is to design, construct, and operate a physical hydraulic model of the Chicago River Keep Reading…
Canoe Chutes for Low-head Dams
In recent decades, there has been an increase in recreation on Illinois rivers and streams. Canoeing and kayaking are two Keep Reading…
Boneyard Creek Flow Restrictor Study
The Boneyard Creek is located within Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, and serves as the primary conduit for transporting storm- water Keep Reading…
Boneyard Creek Flow Drop Study
The Boneyard Creek is a small urban waterway that runs through Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. The creek’s existing channel geometry Keep Reading…
Boneyard Creek Channel Capacity Analysis
Flooding of the Boneyard Creek in the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois has been a recurring problem since gradual Keep Reading…
Boneyard Creek Bottleneck Analysis and Channel Capacity Alternatives
Flooding of the Boneyard Creek along the north campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have caused multimillion dollar Keep Reading…