[Events] MACSI Seminar (Fri 14th May at 4pm)

[Sarah.Mitchell]

The department of Mathematics and Statistics invites you to a seminar by
Dr. Peter Heng (Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University,
UK): 

 

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Title:  Modelling soil erosion and sediment/nutrient transport

Abstract:  Soil erosion and the associated nutrient fluxes can lead to
severe land degradation and the pollution of surface waters. By coupling
the physics-based Hairsine-Rose soil erosion model with the Saint-Venant
equations, we can model the dynamic processes of soil erosion and
sediment transport over non-uniform topography. The model output, given
in terms of discharge and sediment concentrations, can then be used to
predict nutrient fluxes from the system.

We present here a finite volume scheme for the solution of the full
hyperbolic system and show that the model can reproduce experimental
observations of soil erosion under a number of different scenarios.

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The seminar will take place on Friday 14th May, at 4pm, in A2-002.

 

If you have any questions regarding this seminar, please direct them to
Sarah Mitchell (061 202259, sarah.mitchell at ul.ie).  A full list of
Seminars for this semester can be found at: 

 

http://www.staff.ul.ie/mitchells/MACSI_seminars.html
<http://www.staff.ul.ie/mitchells/MACSI_seminars.html> 

 

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Supported by Science Foundation Ireland Mathematics Initiative funding,
MACSI - the Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry
(www.macsi.ul.ie), centred at the University of Limerick, is dedicated
to the mathematical modelling and solution of problems which arise in
science, engineering and industry in Ireland

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