Meandering flows in rectangular shallow reservoirs

During this research, previously unexplored meandering flows in free-surface rectangular shallow reservoirs were investigated theoretically, experimentally and numerically.
For the first time, a complete description of the hydrodynamics of the meandering flows was obtained from laboratory experiments. An innovative procedure for the characterisation of the physics of the flow was developed based on several techniques, including Large Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (LSPIV), Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and a new topology algorithm. This research provides new insights into these fascinating meandering flows, of high practical relevance in civil and environmental engineering. Six papers were written and, so far, five of them have been accepted for publication (two in international journals and three in peer-reviewed international conference proceedings).