Event Details

Edenvale Young will be hosting the annual two day Tuflow event this October in Bristol. Bill Syme, the author of TUFLOW, Phillip Ryan and Chris Nielsen of BMT WBM in Australia will be returning to the UK to talk about the latest developments in the TUFLOW software.  Day 1 will be a workshop event and the second day will be the User Conference (see below for brief details and for more information please refer to Edenvale Young's website by clicking here)

NB Book by the 30 September 2011 and Early Bird Discount will be available by using Discount Code "Cockerel"

TUFLOW UK Workshop 2011

The MShed, Wapping Road, Princes Wharf Bristol BS1 4RN

Workshop 1 (see timetable below)

Workshop 1 will include presentations from Bill Syme, Phillip Ryan and Chris Nielsen of WBM. This will include presentations on TUFLOW FV and Urban Modelling during the morning session and enhancing output using advanced GIS techniques and modelling events and scenarios in the afternoon.

Workshop 2 (see timetable below)

This year we will present a new workshop theme associated on TUFLOW boundary conditions including reliable representation of the physical process at outflows. This will be held in conjunction with a discussion on practical applications of fluvial and rainfall hydrology within a TUFLOW model. Workshop 2 will also include an interactive presentations relating to the representation of hydraulic structures within TUFLOW. The final session will be presented by Bill Syme and will encompass new features in TUFLOW 2011.

Workshop 3 (see timetable below)

The morning session of workshop 3 will include workshops designed for TUFLOW beginners and intermediate users. The objective would be to introduce TUFLOW to new users so that they can understand the principles of TUFLOW and benefit from the rest of the day. In the afternoon Workshop 3 will concentrate on building on people’s existing experience so that they are able to address more complex issues such as developing healthy models and 1D-2D linking.

Workshop 4 (see timetable below)

TUFLOW Clinic and Model Surgery will be run throughout the afternoon and will be an informal session. Users are encouraged to bring along badly behaving ISIS-TUFLOW and TUFLOW models for assessment and possible fixing. These sessions will include working with experienced ISIS, ISIS-TUFLOW and TUFLOW professionals including Chris Whitlow of Edenvale Young.

Workshop Timetable

Tuflow UK User Group 2011

Arup Auditorium, 63 St Thomas St, Bristol BS1 6JZ

Many large and small UK consultants and public bodies have made TUFLOW the most popular and well used 2D hydraulic modelling software in the UK. The objective of the TUFLOW User Group is to give the modelling community an opportunity to discuss the current status and future of the software and at the same time give feedback to the developers. This will be achieved by stimulating debate through the presentation of case studies which have stretched the capability of TUFOW or novel applications in the use of TUFOW.

Bill Syme, the TUFLOW Author and Manager, will give a presentation about recent developments in 2-D modeling and TUFLOW. Bill will also give his views on the future challenges for river and coastal modelling. This will be followed by six presentations on six subjects to stimulate debate within the User Group.

TUFLOW 2011 and Beyond: 

Bill will present new features in TUFLOW for the 2011 release and beyond, and new on-line services such as the TUFLOW Wiki.  Case studies will be used to demonstrate the features.

Flood Modelling due to bridge contractions in the Lower Ely River:

A linked 1D-2D ISIS-Tuflow modelling was carried out to predict the flood risk in Canton, Cardiff where historical flooding was recorded due to bank over-topping from the River Ely. The main challenge of the modelling was that the urban area exhibited highly variable topographical elevations at a number of junctions between railway, highway and the residential streets. An additional challenge came from the river bridge that presents a significant obstruction in the river cross-section. The ISIS-Tuflow model was therefore targeted detailing the complexity of the local topography and representing the bridge to create a highly accurate local model to assist with the NEECA2 flood mitigation scheme. The model was calibrated using recorded hydrometric and historical property flood data. It is encouraging that the calibration indicated satisfactory agreements between the historical data and the modelling results. This flood modelling application concludes that Tuflow is one of the best practice tools for modelling urban flooding.  

ISIS-TUFLOW-PIPE link:

The ISIS-TUFLOW link has been extended due to popular demand to include a link the 1-d component of TUFLOW (ESTRY). This development, which became available in early October, enables the complementary strengths of ISIS and TUFLOW to be used together in the same model. Konrad will give an overview of the development and usage of ISIS-TUFLOW-PIPE link, and other recent enhancements, and provide examples of its applications.

Methods for Rating Curve Assessments:

There are various methods available for rating curve assessment and
extensions, including 1D, linked 1D-2D and 3D modelling.  The presentation
will discuss the strengths and limitations of different methods with respect
to a range of situations, using specific sites to show examples of some good
practice and share some pitfalls that you may wish to avoid.

Cambridge SWMP:

TBC

Queensland Floods – where to from here?: 

The Queensland floods of January 2011 were the worst in over a century.  Bill will delve into his other passion: the need for proactive floodplain management.  He will discuss what was learnt and where to from here.

Application of TUFLOW FV to river and storm surge modelling in 2D and 3D,

Chris Nielsen and Phillip Ryan will discuss TUFLOW-FV and how it has been used to model a variety of physical processes, including coastal hydraulics, ocean currents, river flooding and storm surge and, more recently, 3D flows in rivers and 3D water quality. Case studies of 2D storm surge modelling and 3D river modelling are presented in this session.