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La Houille Blanche
Number 4, Avril 1968
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| Page(s) | 255 - 269 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/lhb/1968019 | |
| Published online | 23 March 2010 | |
Le modèle mathématique du Delta du Mékong
A mathematical model of the Mekong delta
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Professeur à l'Université de Bologne, ancien directeur de la Division des dudes, de la recherche et de l'enseignement technique de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et la Culture (UNESCO) et directeur du projet du modèle mathématique du Delta du Mékong;
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Chef adjoint du Service hydroélectrique à la Société Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques (SOGREAH) de Grenoble et ingénieur en chef du projet du modèle mathématique du Delta du Mékong.
3. The mathematical model ***. A mathematical model was necessary to investigate the hydraulic effects of the dam, with the following requirements: (i) That is should be able to represent natural flood propagation in the Delta; (ii) That it should feature the dam; (iii) That it should enable comparison of results with and without the dam. It was decided to use a mathematical model for this hydraulic investigation because of the very large area to be featured (50,000 sq.kms) and the tremendous range of the natural phenomena involved (velocities varying between a few millimeters/sec. and 2.5 meters/sec., depths from a few decimeters up to thirty meters or so, tide structures varying with shore position, etc.). The study was financed by the United Nations Special Fund and the riparian countries, managed by UNESCO, and carried out by Société Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques (SOGREAH). It covers the Mekong Delta and concerns two countries: Cambodia and Vietnam. *** The first part of this article was published in our issue n° 1/1968, p. 17 to 30.
© Société Hydrotechnique de France, 1968