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    Water Resources and Environment

    University of Minho Hydroinformatics Laboratory

    Hydroinformatics Laboratory is a facility of the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Minho that makes available numerical modeling applications for solving hydraulics and water resources problems and where different hydroinformatic tools were developed in the context of R&D projects.

    The Laboratory includes modeling tools to support the development of dissertations of students of the Master Courses of Civil Engineering and Urban Engineering and Doctoral Course in Civil Engineering of University of Minho.

    In recent years, several computer applications were build whose main purpose is either to facilitate the use of hydroinformatics tools during educational activities and their use by water managers. The web page www.hydroinformatics.pt presents a detailed description of the developed applications as well as prototypes that can be experimented. 

     

    Main Equipments

    Bubbler Open Channel Flow Meter

    The Bubbler Flow Module uses an internal air compressor to force a metered amount of air through a bubble line submerged in the flow channel to accurately determine the water level, converting this value to flow rate. This method is suitable for small channels, and it is not affected by wind, steam, foam or turbulence. Since only the bubble tube contacts the flow, corrosive chemicals are not a problem, making it ideal for stormwater applications.

    All level data stored in the sampler is available for later retrieval, reporting, and graphing using Isco Flowlink® software.

    Rain Gauge

    The Isco 674 Rain Gauge is a precision instrument that uses a tipping bucket design for rainfall measurement. It has an 8-inch diameter orifice and is factory-calibrated, allowing to: - store rainfall data in internal memory for retrieval and analysis with Isco Flowlink® Software

    - activate sampling based on rainfall - plot graphs and print reports of rainfall - data on the flow meter’s built-in printer

    In Stormwater runoff monitoring programs, the rain gauge supports: - TMDL and Watershed surveys

    - inflow and infiltration studies - sewer overflow monitoring and prevention analysis - general rainfall measurement Standard Features

    This monitoring system was acquired in the framework of the FCT project PTDC/AMB/64953/2006.

    University of Minho Hydroinformatics Laboratory

    Hydroinformatics Laboratory is a facility of the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Minho that makes available numerical modeling applications for solving hydraulics and water resources problems and where different hydroinformatic tools were developed in the context of R&D projects.

    The Laboratory includes modeling tools to support the development of dissertations of students of the Master Courses of Civil Engineering and Urban Engineering and Doctoral Course in Civil Engineering of University of Minho.

    In recent years, several computer applications were build whose main purpose is either to facilitate the use of hydroinformatics tools during educational activities and their use by water managers. The web page www.hydroinformatics.pt presents a detailed description of the developed applications as well as prototypes that can be experimented. 

    About CTAC

    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

    Currently CTAC aggregates 24 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more


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    Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
    Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
    Campus de Azurém
    4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal

    Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
    Fax: + 351 253 510 217

    Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt


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