2nd International Workshop on

Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs PKW 2013

Paris / Chatou, France 20-22 November 2013

Final program and workshop information

Organized by

Electricit de France Laboratoire National dHydraulique et Environnement - Centre dIngnierie Hydraulique

Universit de Lige Hydraulique de lEnvironnement Naturel et

Construit

Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne Laboratoire de

Constructions Hydrauliques

Piano Key Weir on Malarce dam (EDF France)

Welcome

On behalf of the National Hydraulics and Environment Laboratory and the Hydro Engineering

Center of Electricit de France, of the Research Group on Hydraulics in Environmental and

Civil Engineering of the Universit de Lige, and of the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions

of the Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, we warmly welcome you to the second

International Workshop on Labyrinth and Piano Key Weirs in Chatou (Paris).

4 keynotes lectures and around 30 technical papers from 5 continents will be presented by

people with varied background (engineers, researchers and academics) to state and

summarize the current knowledge on Labyrinth and Piano Key weirs. Significant time will be

devoted to discussion in an environment willing to be friendly, co-operative and non-

competitive. Social and technical events including a guided tour in the EDF R&Ds Hydraulics

and Environment Laboratory, a sightseeing boat trip on the Seine River and a visit of the

Malarce dam will offer the opportunity for participants to meet and share as well as to

discover France.

We wish you a pleasant and fruitful workshop.

The Local Organizing Committee

The workshop is sponsored by the following companies

Artelia

Coyne et Bellier

Tractebel Engineering

ISL Ingnierie

Lombardi

Pyry

Schnabel Engineering

Stucky

The workshop is supported by the following institutions

Socit Hydrotechnique de France

Comit franais des barrages et

rservoirs

Swiss Committee on Dams

International Journal on Hydropower &

Dams

Schweizerischer

Wasserwirtschaftsverband

Hydraulic Structures Technical

Committee

International Association for Hydro-

environment Engineering and Research

Committees

Local Organizing Committee

Eve DELAHAYE (EDF - LNHE)

Guy Michel CICERO (EDF-LNHE) Frdric LAUGIER (EDF-CIH)

Julien VERMEULEN (EDF-CIH)

Sbastien ERPICUM (ULg-HECE)

Michael PFISTER (LCH-EPFL)

International Scientific Committee

Dr Jean-Louis BOILLAT (Switzerland)

Prof Dr Hubert CHANSON (Australia)

Guy Michel CICERO (France)

Dr Brian CROOKSTON (USA)

Franois DELORME (France)

Prof Dr Benjamin DEWALS (Belgium)

Dr Sbastien ERPICUM (Chair) (Belgium) Dr Henry FALVEY (USA)

Michel HO TA KHANH (Vietnam)

Frdric LAUGIER (France)

Franois LEMPERIERE (France)

Eric LESLEIGHTER (Australia)

Dr Marcelo LEITE RIBEIRO (Switzerland) Prof Dr Jorge MATOS (Portugal)

Prof Dr Ahmed OUAMANE (Algeria)

Dr Michael PFISTER (Switzerland)

Prof Dr Michel PIROTTON (Belgium)

Prof Dr Anton SCHLEISS (Switzerland)

Prof Dr NayanSHARMA (India)

Bernard TAQUET (France) Prof Dr Blake TULLIS (USA)

Julien VERMEULEN (France)

Jean Pierre VIGNY (France)

Dr Damien VIOLEAU (France)

General information

Venue

The workshop will be held at the Research & Development center of Electricity of France, in

Chatou near Paris (France). EDF site address: 6, Quai Watier 78401 Chatou.

Getting to Paris and local travel

Paris is easily accessible by plane, train or car. Main international airports are Paris-Charles

de Gaulle and Paris-Orly.

Local travelling is offered by RATP (www.ratp.fr). The hotels and the workshop venue can be

easily reached from downtown Paris by Metro or RER Train.

http://www.ratp.fr/

The workshop venue can be easily reached from downtown Paris (about 45 mn) by RER A

(red line), direction Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Go down to Rueil-Malmaison station (NB:

avoid Chatou station, which is further access to the site). From Rueil-Malmaison station,

you can either take a shuttle or walk. See details below.

Regular shuttle (line 4E) connects the RER station and the EDF site. To reach the

shuttle stop, when you exit the RER train, use the exit located on the center of the

platform (Exit n5 Avenue Victor Hugo). Bus schedule :

o RER station to EDF: 07 h 52, 08 h 06, 08 h 26, 08 h 52 o EDF to RER station: 16 h 32, 17 h 02, 17 h 22, 17 h 42, 18 h 02

To join EDF by walk (about 15 min) from the RER station, use the exit located at the

head of the train, go down the stairs and turn right towards Rue des deux gares

exit. After exiting the station, proceed to Avenue de Colmar in the direction of

Chatou. On the middle of the bridge, turn right to the slip road, going to the le des

Impressionnistes. See map below, showing the walking itinerary in red.

Map of the RER station Rueil-Malmaison

Shuttle 4E, to EDF Chatou site

Walk to EDF Chatou site

EDF Chatou site

Presentations will be given in the meeting room of the Amphitheatre building (H), close to

the main entrance. On site signposting will be installed.

Name badge + passport

Workshop participants are requested to carry their passport during the whole workshop

duration as it will be strictly needed to get a badge and access the workshop meeting place.

Main entrance

Meeting room

Walking itinerary from the RER station Rueil-Malmaison

to EDF Chatou site

Map of the EDF R&D Chatou site

Accommodation

Numerous convenient hotels of different categories as well as low-budget hotels can be

found in Paris. For easy access to the workshop venue, it is suggested to choose a hotel close

to a RER A station.

Participants to the optional technical tour are requested to stay near the Paris Gare de

Lyon train station (also served by RER A), at Holiday Inn Paris Bastille.

The following hotels are also located near Paris Gare de Lyon train station:

Hotel Trianon Gare de Lyon

Hotel Pavillon Bastille

Ibis Styles Paris Bercy (10 min by foot from Gare de Lyon station)

Transfers by bus for all workshop participants will be organized on Wednesday, November

20th, and Thursday, November 21st. T, between Holiday Inn Paris Bastille (departure at

7:00 AM) and the EDF site (arrival around 8:00 AM).

Hotel Rsidence Cerise in Chatou (20 min walk to EDF center) offers low price lodging.

Registration desk and workshop secretariat

Registration desk will be opened from 8h15 on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 November

close to the workshop meeting room.

Workshop secretariat will be located at the same place and be available during the

workshop on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 November. Do not hesitate to contact us

before the workshop at julie.chieze@edf.fr.

Catering

Coffee breaks and lunches will be offered to all the workshop participants, close to the

meeting room. Name badges will be requested to access coffee breaks and lunches area.

All workshop participants are kindly welcome to a walking dinner in EDF R&Ds Laboratory

on Wednesday 20, after the laboratory guided tour. Participants are encouraged to wear

warm clothing for this event, as the laboratory is not heated and can be cold at this time of

the year.

A dinner on a sightseeing boat trip on the Seine River is organized on Thursday 21.

Participation to this dinner is included in the package of participants with normal registration

fees. Dinner tickets may be purchased by other workshop participants or accompanying

persons through the workshop web site before 14 November 2013.

Accompanying persons, who are not attending the Workshop, can join the pier by Metro (station:

Bir Hakeim, see map below).

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Mobile phones and electronic equipment

Please ensure that your mobile phone or other electronic equipment is set on silent or

turned off during all keynotes lectures and technical sessions. Thank you.

Certificate of attendance

On request to the workshop secretariat

Internet access

Access codes to wireless network will be available at the registration desk.

Proceedings

All the accepted full papers will be published in a hard cover book and distributed during the

workshop to all the workshop participants paying normal registration fees. Abstracts of the

presentations will be provided to the other workshop participants.

Oral presentations

Oral presentations will be 15 min long. Keynotes lectures will be 40 min long. These

durations will be strictly verified, and imposed if necessary, by the chairmen. A period of

time will be devoted at the end of each session for questions and discussions.

English is the workshop language (both for slides and oral presentations).

The meeting room will be equipped with a computer, a LCD projector and a screen.

Powerpoint is the standard presentation format. Computer in the meeting room operate on

Windows XP platform with Office 2007. Speakers are expected to upload their slides before

the sessions directly on the computer (USB memory stick) or to send them not later than

Monday 18 November 2013 to julie.chieze@edf.fr.

Technical tour

See detailed program on last page.

Exterior shoes and warm coat are recommended.

mailto:julie.chieze@edf.fr

Program overview

Time Wednesday 20 November 2013 Time Thursday 21 November 2013 Time

8h15 - 8h45Secretariat opening - Welcome

coffee8h15 - 8h45

Secretariat opening - Welcome

coffee5h45

Meeting at the Gare de Lyon

train station

8h45 - 9h Opening address 6h02 - 8h19

High Speed Train to Valence

(breakfast available for

purchase in the train)

9h - 9h45 Keynote 1: M. Ho Ta Khanh 9h - 11h30 Transfer by bus

9h45 - 10h50

Technical Session A: Physical

and numerical modeling -

Hydraulic capacity

9h30 - 10h50Technical Session E: Existing

projects

10h50 - 11h20 Coffee break 10h50 - 11h20 Coffee break

11h20 - 12h50

Technical Session B: Physical

and numerical modeling -

Submergence and energy

dissipation

11h20 - 12h50Technical Session F: Planned

projects I12h30 - 14h30 Lunch in a restaurant

12h50 - 14h20 Lunch 12h50 - 14h20 Lunch 14h30 - 15hTransfer by bus to the Malarce

dam

14h20 - 15h05 Keynote 2: A. Ouamane 14h20 - 14h45 Keynote 4: S. Todaro

15h05 - 16h10

Technical Session C: Physical

and numerical modeling - Scale

effects

14h45 - 15h50Technical Session G: Planned

projects II

16h10 - 16h40 Coffee break 15h50 - 16h20 Coffee break 16h30 - 19h Transfer by bus

16h40 - 17h45Technical Session D: Hydraulic

and structural design16h20 - 17h50

Technical Session H: Future

developmentsFrom 19h09 High Speed Train to Paris

17h45 - 19hVisit of the Physical modeling

Laboratory of LNHE

19h - 21hWalking dinner in the

Laboratory19h45 - 23h

Dinner on a riverboat on the

Seine River in Paris (normal

registration fees)

Presentation of the Malarce

PKW project

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Friday 22 November 2013

8h45 - 9h30 Keynote 3: H. Chanson

11h30 - 12h30

More details or requests

Have a look to the workshop website on http://www.pk-weirs.ulg.ac.be/

or contact us at pk-weirs@ulg.ac.be or julie.chieze@edf.fr.

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Detailed program

Wednesday, November 20th 2013

Transfers by bus for all workshop participants will be organized between Holiday Inn Paris

Bastille (departure at 7:00 AM) and the EDF site (arrival around 8:00 AM).

8h15: Welcome coffee - Secretariat opening

8h45-9h: Opening addresses : JD Mattei, D. Loudires, S. Erpicum

9h-9h45: Keynote lecture (Chairman: F. Laugier)

- Ho Ta Khanh M. The Piano Key Weirs: 15 years of research & development - Prospect

9h45-10h50: Technical Session A: Physical and numerical modeling - Hydraulic capacity (Chairman:

F. Laugier)

- Cicro G.M., Delisle J.R. Effects of the crest shape on the discharge efficiency of a type-A Piano Key weirs

- Lefebvre V., Vermeulen J., Blancher B. Influence of geometrical parameters on Piano Key weirs discharge with 3D numerical analysis

- Dabling M.R., Tullis B.P. Staged labyrinth weirs and their effects on the outflow hydrograph

10h50-11h20: Coffee break

11h20-12h50: Technical Session B: Physical and numerical modeling - Submergence and energy

dissipation (Chairman: A. Schleiss)

- Belaabed F., Ouamane A. Submerged flow regimes of Piano Key weir

- Sharma N., Tiwari H. Experimental study on vertical velocity and submergence depth near

Piano Key weir

- Cicro G.M., Delisle J.R. Discharge characteristics of Piano Key weirs under submerged flow

- Silvestri A., Archambeau P., Pirotton M., Dewals B., Erpicum S. Comparative analysis of the

energy dissipation on a stepped spillway downstream of a Piano Key weir

12h50-14h20: Lunch

14h20-15h05: Keynote lecture (Chairman: J. Vermeulen)

- Ouamane A. Improvement of labyrinth weirs shape

15h05-16h10: Technical Session C: Physical and numerical modeling - Scale effects (Chairman: J.

Vermeulen)

- Erpicum S., Silvestri A., Dewals B., Archambeau P., Pirotton M., Colombi M., Faramond L. Escouloubre Piano Key weir: prototype versus scale models

- Pfister M., Battisacco E., De Cesare G., Schleiss A.J. Scale effects related to the rating curve of cylindrically crested Piano Key weirs

16h10-16h40: Coffee break

16h40-17h45: Technical Session D: Hydraulic and structural design (Chairman: G.M. Cicro)

- Paxson G.S., Tullis B.P., Hertel D.J. Comparison of Piano Key Weirs with labyrinth and gated spillways: hydraulics, cost, constructability and operations

- Machiels O., Dewals B., Archambeau P., Pirotton M., Erpicum S. An analytical approach for Piano Key weir hydraulic design

- Pfister M., Schleiss A.J. Estimation of A-type Piano Key weir rating curve

17h45-19h: Visit of the Physical Modeling Laboratory of LNHE

19h-21h: Walking dinner in the Laboratory (Participants are encouraged to wear warm clothing)

21-22h : Departure towards RER station and hotels

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Thursday, November 21th 2013

Transfers by bus for all workshop participants will be organized between Holiday Inn Paris

Bastille (departure at 7:00 AM) and the EDF site (arrival around 8:00 AM).

8h15: Welcome coffee - Secretariat opening

8h45-9h30: Keynote lecture (Chairman: M. Pfister)

- Chanson H. Embankment dam spillways and energy dissipators

9h30-10h50: Technical Session E: Existing projects (Chairman: M. Pfister)

- Laugier F., Vermeulen J., Lefebvre V. Overview of Piano Key Weirs experience developed at EDF during the past few years

- Eichenberger P. The first commercial Piano Key Weir in Switzerland - Ackers J.C., Bennett F.C.J., Scott T.A., Karunaratne G. Raising the bellmouth spillway at Black

Esk reservoir using Piano Key weirs - Pinchard T., Farges J.-L., Boutet J.-M., Lochu A., Laugier F. Spillway capacity upgrade at

Malarce dam: construction of an additional piano key weir spillway

10h50-11h20: Coffee break

11h20-12h50: Technical Session F: Planned projects I (Chairman: B. Crookston)

- Jayatillake H.M., Perera K.T.N. Design of a Piano-Key Weir for Giritale Dam Spillway in Sri

Lanka

- Tullis B., Phillips M.A., Lesleighter E.J. Piano Key Weir Spillway: Upgrade Option for a Major

Dam

- Bail A., Deroo L. Sixdenier J.P. Designing a new spillway for the Rassisse Dam

- Loisel P.E., Duval F., Chanourdie S. Hydraulic scale model of the daisy-shape spillway on the

Causse Corrzien dam

12h50-14h20: Lunch

14h20-14h45: Keynote lecture (Chairman: B. Tullis)

- Todaro S. Needs and expectations of USACE regarding nonlinear weirs

14h45-15h50: Technical Session G: Planned projects II (Chairman: B. Tullis)

- Botha A.J., Fitz I.P., Moore A.J., Mulder F.E., Van Deventer N.J. Application of the Piano Key Weir spillway in the Republic of South Africa

- Loisel P.E., Valley P., Laugier F. Hydraulic physical model of Piano Key Weirs as additional flood spillways on the Charmine dam

- Beretta M., Merino A.G., Cazaillet O., Batterham R. Quipolly dam: a case study on customizing Fusegates design for adverse spillway conditions

15h50-16h20: Coffee break

16h20-17h50: Technical Session H: Future developments (Chairman: S. Erpicum)

- Pfister M., Schleiss A.J., Tullis B.P. Effect of driftwood on hydraulic head of Piano Key weirs - Cicro G.M., Delisle J.R., Lefebvre V., Vermeulen J. Experimental and numerical study of the

hydraulic performance of a trapezoidal Piano Key weir - Leite Ribeiro M., Pfister M., Schleiss A.J. Overview of Piano Key weir prototypes and

scientific model investigations - Crookston B.M., Paxson G.S., Campbell D.B. Effective spillways: harmonizing labyrinth weir

hydraulic efficiency and project requirements 17h50-18h00: Conclusions (F. Laugier) 18h00: Transfer by metro, to the Eiffel Tower pier.

19h45-23h: Dinner on a riverboat on the Seine River in Paris.

23h00: Return to the Eiffel Tower pier. Transfer by metro to hotels.

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Friday, November 22th 2013 - Technical tour (optional).

5h45: Meeting at the Paris-Gare de Lyon train station

6h02: Departure of High Speed Train to Valence (breakfast available for purchase on the train)

8h19: Arrival to Valence train station

8h45-11h15: Transfer by bus

11h30-12h30: Presentation of the Malarce PK-Weir project

12h30-14h30: Lunch

14h30-15h: Transfer by bus to Malarce dam

15h-16h30: Visit of the EDF Barrage de Malarce and its PK-Weir

16h30-19h00: Transfer by bus to Valence train station

19h37: Departure of High Speed Train to Paris (arrival in Paris 21h56)

NB : Exterior shoes and warm coat are recommended for the technical tour.