To find the steady flow water surface profile, it is possible to use Bernoulli’s equation, which is a discrete form of the differential energy equation. Such an approach requires the average energy slope between cross-sections to be estimated. In the literature, many methods are proposed for estimating the average energy slope in this case, such as the arithmetic mean, resulting in the standard step method, the harmonic mean and...

Predicting the positions of local hydraulic phenomena, as well as accurately esti-mating the depth and velocity of the water flow are necessary to correctly config-ure a whitewater canoeing course. Currently, a laboratory and full 3D CFD model-ing are typically used in the design process to meet these needs. The article points to another possibility which can be useful at the preliminary stage of the design. The authors show that...

Kontrola oraz prognozowanie reakcji cieków powierzchniowych na nawalne epizody deszczowe, lub gwałtowne roztopy nabiera kluczowego znaczenia w aspekcie bezpieczeństwa przeciwpowodziowego zlewni zurbanizowanych. Bardzo dobrym przykładem zarówno problematycznego, jak i niosącego realne zagrożenie dla infrastruktury miejskiej cieku, jest Potok Strzyża w Gdańsku. W latach 2011–2013 realizowano budowę sieci posterunków kontrolnych w...