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Hubert Chanson is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on civil and structural engineering, with significant work in ecology, global and planetary change, computational mechanics, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's research spans several key topics including hydraulic flow and structures, hydrology and sediment transport processes, water systems and optimization, flood risk assessment and management, coastal and marine dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, and tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

Chanson's publication record includes articles in well-regarded journals and conferences with frequent venues such as:

  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
  • Proceedings of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
  • Flow Measurement and Instrumentation
  • Journal of Hydraulic Research

Recent published papers illustrate the range and focus of Chanson's work:

  • "Physical and numerical modelling of air-water flows: An Introductory Overview," 2021, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • "Undular and broken surges in dam-break flows: a review of wave breaking strategies in a Boussinesq-type framework," 2020, Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • "Robust estimators for free surface turbulence characterization: a stepped spillway application," 2020, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation
  • "Two-phase air-water flows in hydraulic jumps at low Froude number: Similarity, scale effects and the need for field observations," 2021, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
  • "On optical flow techniques applied to breaking surges," 2020, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Chanson often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Davide Wüthrich
  • Rui Shi
  • Xinqian Leng
  • Oscar Castro-Orgaz
  • Carlo Gualtieri

This body of work supports ongoing investigations into complex fluid dynamics phenomena related to hydraulic systems, environmental flows, and turbulence characterization. The consistent presence in specialized journals and collaborations indicates an active engagement with current problems in environmental fluid mechanics and hydraulic engineering.

Best Publications

  • Environmental Hydraulics for Open Channel Flows

    Hubert Chanson

  • Air Bubble Entrainment in Free-Surface Turbulent Shear Flows

    Hubert Chanson

  • Hydraulics of Stepped Chutes and Spillways

    Hubert Chanson

  • Hydraulic Design of Stepped Cascades, Channels, Weirs and Spillways

    Hubert Chanson

  • The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow: An Introduction

    Hubert Chanson

  • Air–water flows down stepped chutes: turbulence and flow structure observations

    Hubert Chanson;Luke Toombes

  • Experimental study of the air–water shear flow in a hydraulic jump

    H. Chanson;T. Brattberg

  • Hydraulics of skimming flows over stepped channels and spillways

    Hubert Chanson

  • Current knowledge in hydraulic jumps and related phenomena: A survey of experimental results

    Hubert Chanson

  • Turbulent air–water flows in hydraulic structures: Dynamic similarity and scale effects

    H. Chanson

  • Comparison of energy dissipation between nappe and skimming flow regimes on stepped chutes

    Hubert Chanson

  • Air-Water Flow Measurements with Intrusive, Phase-Detection Probes: Can We Improve Their Interpretation?

    Hubert Chanson

  • Tsunami Surges on Dry Coastal Plains: Application of Dam Break Wave Equations

    Hubert Chanson

  • Environmental hydraulics of open channel flows

    Hubert Chanson

  • New criterion for the stability of a human body in floodwaters

    Junqiang Xia;Roger A. Falconer;Yejiang Wang;Xuanwei Xiao

  • CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDULAR HYDRAULIC JUMPS. EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND FLOW PATTERNS

    H. Chanson;J. S. Montes

  • Turbulence measurements in positive surges and bores

    Christian Koch;Hubert Chanson

  • The hydraulics of open channel flow

    Hubert Chanson

  • Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

    Xinqian Leng;Hubert Chanson

  • The hydraulics of open channel flow : an introduction : basic principles, sediment motion, hydraulic modelling, design of hydraulic structures

    Hubert Chanson

  • Undular tidal bore dynamics in the Daly Estuary, Northern Australia

    Eric Wolanski;David Williams;Simon Spagnol;Hubert Chanson

  • Physical modelling and similitude of air bubble entrainment at vertical circular plunging jets

    Hubert Chanson;Shin-ichi Aoki;Ashabul Hoque

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Coussot
Philippe Coussot Université Gustave Eiffel
Tom E. Baldock
Tom E. Baldock University of Queensland
Bruce W. Melville
Bruce W. Melville University of Auckland
Marcelo H. Garcia
Marcelo H. Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric Wolanski
Eric Wolanski James Cook University
Philippe Bonneton
Philippe Bonneton University of Bordeaux
Craig E. Franklin
Craig E. Franklin University of Queensland
Vincent Marieu
Vincent Marieu University of Bordeaux
Roy C. Sidle
Roy C. Sidle University of Central Asia
Alexander V. Babanin
Alexander V. Babanin University of Melbourne

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