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PROCEEDINGS OF THE

37TH IAHR WORLD CONGRESS

MANAGING WATER FOR

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Learning from the Past for the Future

Editors: Aminuddin Ab. Ghani (Chief)

Ngai Weng Chan

Junaidah Ariffin

Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab

Sobri Harun

Amir Hashim Mohamad Kassim

Othman A. Karim

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The papers included in this volume were part of 37th IAHR World Congress (IAHR 2017) cited on the

cover and title page. Papers were selected and subject to review by the editors and International

Scientific Committee. The papers published in these proceedings reflect the work and thoughts of

the authors and are published herein as submitted. The publisher is not responsible for the validity of

the information or for any outcomes resulting from reliance thereon.

Proceedings of the 37th IAHR World Congress - IAHR 2017

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13 – 18 August, 2017

Editors: Aminuddin Ab. Ghani (Chief); Ngai Weng Chan; Junaidah Ariffin; Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab;

Sobri Harun; Amir Hashim Mohamad Kassim; Othman Karim

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water specialists working in fields related to the hydro-environmental sciences and their practical

application. Activities range from river and maritime hydraulics to water resources development and

eco-hydraulics, through to ice engineering, hydroinformatics, and hydraulic machinery.

IAHR consists of two offices: Madrid Office, Spain and Beijing Office, China.

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Organization

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Patron: Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE)

Advisor: Secretary General, NRE

Chairman: Datuk Ir. Dr. Azuhan Mohamed, National Hydraulics Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM)

Co-Chairman: Dato' Sri Ir. Haji Zulkefli Hassan, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID)

Deputy Chairman: Prof. Dr. Nor Azazi Zakaria, River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia (REDAC, USM)

Secretary: Ir. Hj. Mohd Fauzi Mohamad, NAHRIM

Deputy Secretary: Ir. Chun Kiat Chang, REDAC, USM

Members:

Dato' Dr. Hj. Md. Nasir Md. Noh, DID

Dato' Ir. Hj. Nor Hisham Mohd Ghazali, DID

Dato' Ir. Hj Mohd. Azmi Ismail, DID

Datin Ir. Rohani Ahmad, DID

Hjh. Zalilah Selamat, DID

Ir. Dr. Fang Yenn Teo, DID

Ir. Hj. Ahmad Darus, DID

Ir. Wan Hasitinaziah Mohd Hassan, DID

Ir. Hj. Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, DID

Dr. Norlida Mohd Dom, DID

Dato' Ir. Chow Hock Lim, IAHR Malaysia Chapter

Dr. Saim Suratman, IAHR Malaysia Chapter

Prof. Dr. Aminuddin Ab. Ghani, REDAC, USM

Dr. How Tion Puay, REDAC, USM

Dr. Keng Yuen Foo, REDAC, USM

Dr. Hui Weng Goh, REDAC, USM

Dr. Noor Aida Saad, REDAC, USM

Dr. Nasehir Khan E.M Yahaya, NAHRIM

Ir. Hj. Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid, NAHRIM

Ir. Mohd Zaki Mat Amin, NAHRIM

Mr. Ismail Tawnie, NAHRIM

Mr. Muhammad Rizal Razali, NAHRIM

Mr. Wahadi Mohamed, NAHRIM

Mr. Mohd Kamarul Huda Samion, NAHRIM

Mr. Azman Mat Jusof, NAHRIM

Ms. Yuk San Liew, NAHRIM

Mr. Ahmad Farhan Hamzah, NAHRIM

Ms. Ernie Abd Manan, NAHRIM

Mr. Mohd Erwan Misran, NRE

Mr. Mohd. Fazly Yusof, REDAC, USM

Ms. Khairul Rahmah Ayub, REDAC, USM

Mr. Syafiq Shaharuddin, REDAC, USM

Ms. Azra Azreen Kamarjalman, REDAC, USM

Ms. Nor Zainah Bahari, REDAC, USM

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Local Expert Scientific Committee

Chair: Prof. Dr. Aminuddin Ab. Ghani, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Members:

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Dr. Aminuddin Baki, Al-Madinah International University, Malaysia

Prof. Ir. Dr. Amir Hashim Mohd Kassim, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)

Dr. Badronnisa Yusuf, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Ir. Dr. Fang Yenn Teo, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faridah Othman, Universiti Malaya (UM)

Dr. How Tion Puay, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Prof. Junaidah Ariffin, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)

Dr. Keng Yuen Foo, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Datin Prof. Dr. Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)

Dr. Nasehir Khan E.M Yahaya, National Hydraulics Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM)

Prof. Ngai Weng Chan, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Prof. Dato’ Ir. Othman A. Karim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Prof. Dr. Roslan Zainal Abidin, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL)

Dr. Saim Suratman, IAHR Malaysia Chapter

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shatirah Mohamed Akib, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia

Prof. Sobri Harun, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Dr. Su Kong Ngien, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)

Dr. Wai Sam Wong, Mega Consult Sdn. Bhd.

Prof. Yee-Meng Chiew, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

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International Expert Scientific Committee

Adrian Wing-Keung Law, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Andreas Dittrich, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Angelos N. Findikakis, Bechtel Corporation, United States of America

Arthur Mynett, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Netherlands

Blake P. Tullis, Utah State University, United States of America

Christos Katopodis, Katopodis Ecohydraulics Ltd., Canada

David L. Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), United States of America

Eduard Egusquiza, Polytechnical University Catalonia, Spain

Eric Valentine, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Farhad Yazdandoost, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Francisco Martínez-Capel, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Henrik Madsen, DHI, Denmark

Hubert Chanson, The University of Queensland, Australia

Hongwu Tang, Hohai University, China

Hyoseop Woo, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Ioan Nistor, University of Ottawa, Canada

James E. Ball, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

James Sutherland, HR Wallingford, United Kingdom

Jiri Marsalek, National Water Research Institute, Canada

Joseph Hun Wei Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Larry J. Weber, University of Iowa, United States of America

Matti Lepparanta, University of Helsinki, Finland

Manfred Schütze, ifak Magdeburg, Germany

Marian Muste, University of Iowa, United States of America

Mohamed Salah Ghidaoui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Orazio Giustolisi, Technical University of Bari, Italy

Pengzhi Lin, Sichuan University, China

Ramon Gutierrez, Centre for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX), Spain

Robert Ettema, Colorado State University, United States of America

Roger A. Falconer, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Rui Aleixo, University of Bologna, Italy

Satoru Oishi, Kobe University, Japan

Shangfu Kuang, Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), China

Silvia Meniconi, University of Perugia, Italy

Sofiane Benhamadouche, Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP), France

Subhasish Dey, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Vladimir Nikora, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Willi H. Hager, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Young-Oh Kim, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Zhongbo Yu, Hohai University, China

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International Scientific Committee (Reviewers of Full Papers and Abstract)

Abbas Roozbahani

Adrian Wing-Keung Law

Agus Suharyanto

Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab

Ahmad Perwira Mulia Tarigan

Alan Cuthbertson

Amin Talei

Aminuddin Ab. Ghani

Arthur Mynett

Arturo Leon

Ashim Das Gupta

Azman Mat Jusoh

Badronnisa Yusuf

Benjamin Dewals

Bernhard Vowinckel

Bruce Melville

Bruno Brunone

Charles Hin Joo Bong

Cheng Siang Leow

Chun Kiat Chang

Constantine Memos

Darrien Yau Seng Mah

Dejun Zhu

Dekui Yuan

Dian Sisinggih

Dongfang Liang

Elpida Kolokytha

Eric Adams

Eric Valentine

Fang Yenn Teo

Farhad Yazdandoost

Fatemeh Hajivalie

Geoffrey Wilson

Grant Wright

Gregory De Costa

Guanghai Gao

Guoan Yu

Gyewoon Choi

Habib Ahmari

Hamed Sarkardeh

Hang Wang

Harindra Fernando

Hee Min Teh

Heide Friedrich

Huan Feng Duan

Hitoshi Tanaka

How Tion Puay

Hubert Chanson

Hui Weng Goh

Husna Takaijudin

Hyoseop Woo

Hyun-Han Kwon

Ilya Khairanis Othman

James E. Ball

James Sutherland

Jazuri Abdullah

Jian Sun

Jie Qin

Jim Kells

Joong Hoon Kim

Junaidah Ariffin

Junke Guo

Junqiang Xia

Karim Alizad

Ken T.M. Wong

Keng Yuen Foo

Kenji Kawaike

Khairul Rahmah Ayub

Kurian V. John

Lai Kuan Lee

Lariyah Mohd Sidek

Mahito Kamada

Manuela Escarameia

Marian Muste

Md Shabbir Hossain

Mengzhen Xu

Michele Mossa

Milad Jajarmizadeh

Mir Jafar Sadegh Safari

Moez Louati

Mohamad Hidayat Jamal

Mohammad Fadhli Ahmad

Mohammad Azamathulla Hazi

Mohammadreza Jalili Ghazizadeh

Mohd Aminur Rashid Mohd Amiruddin Arumugam

Mohd Azlan Mohd Yusoff

Mohd Fauzi Mohamad

Mohd Radzi Abd. Hamid

Mohd Ridza Mohd Haniffah

Nadiatul Adilah Ahmad Abdul Ghani

Noor Aida Saad

Nor Azazi Zakaria

Noraliani Alias

Noreliza Alias

Norio Tanaka

Nur Shazwani Muhammad

Nurul Nadrah Aqilah Tukimat

Othman A. Karim

Panagiotis Michalis

Panayotis Yannopoulos

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Pandi MS Hutabarat

Pedro Lee

Pengzhi Lin

Peter Troch

Ponselvi Jeevaragagam

Puay How Tion

Raveendra Kumar Rai

Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol

Reza Mohammadpour

Robert Ettema

Roger A. Falconer

Roshanka Ranasinghe

Rozi Abdullah

Sai Hin Lai

Saim Suratman

San Chuin Liew

Sangho Lee

Sanghyun Kim

Sang-il Lee

Satoru Oishi

Scott C. Hagen

Shaohua Hsu

Shatirah M. Akib

Shreenivas Londhe

Shu-Qing Yang

Silvia Meniconi

Sitharam T.G.

Siti Fatin Mohd. Razali

Sobri Harun

Soon-Thiam Khu

Soroush Abolfathi

Stefan Felder

Stefano Pagliara

Su Kong Ngien

Subhasish Dey

Sukhwan Jang

Sung-Uk Choi

Syafiq Shaharuddin

T.G. Sitharam

Tadashi Yamada

Takashi Asaeda

Tze Liang Lau

Vladan Babovic

Vladimir Nikora

Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar

Wan Ruslan Ismail

Wei Haur Lam

Weiming Wu

Wenxin Huai

Willi H. Hager

Wim Uijttewaal

Xiaosong Wang

Xiaotao Cheng

Xinqian Leng

Yee-Meng Chiew

Youichi Yasuda

Young Oh Kim

Zati Sharip

Zhijun Li

Zhiwei Li

Zhixian Cao

Zulhilmi Ismail

Zulkiflee Ibrahim

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International Scientific Committee (Reviewers of Full Papers)

Abd Rahman Mat Amin

Achilleas Samaras

Adam Pamudji Rahardjo

Aminuddin Baki

Amir Hamzeh Haghiabi

Amir Hashim Mohd Kassim

Andrew Cornett

Angel Luis Aldana Valverde

Binliang Lin

Brett Phillips

Caleb Aw

Carlos Galvao

Christophe Coulet

Corrado Gisonni

Danilo Jaque

Dominic Van Der A

Dragan Savic

Faridah Othman

Francisco Taveira-Pinto

Frédérique Larrarte

Gaetano Crispino

Giuseppe Pezzinga

Hamid Bashiri

Haruyuki Hashimoto

Hin-fatt Cheong

Hong Li

Ioan Nistor

Janga Reddy Manne

Jean Berlamont

Jeremy Bricker

Jing Peng

Jochen Aberle

Jose Anta

Kapil Gupta

Katinka Koll Ing

Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof

Klaus Jorde

Lukas Schmocker

Mahnaz Shah

Marcello Benedini

Maria Collins

Maria Giovanna Tanda

Mario J. Franca

Mark Cheetham

Matthew Bilskie

Meredith Carr

Michael Nones

Ming Fai Chow

Mohammad Farid

Mohd Fazly Yusof

Mohd Hafifi Mat Nazir

Morteza Firouzi

Nayan Sharma

Ngai Weng Chan

Norhan Abd Rahman

Peter Bacopoulos

Rafael Tinoco

Robert Janssen

Robert Juepner

Rodger Tomlinson

Roslan Zainal Abidin

Rui Ferreira

Sandra Soares-Frazão

Sebastian Schwindt

Sergio Capape

Shi-Jian Fu

Sibtey Hasan

Sinpoh Lim

Stephen Medeiros

Thanh Dang

Tim Marjoribanks

Tom Willis

Tze Huey Tam

Urban Andersson

Valentin Heller

Vasilis Bellos

Venkata Rathnam Erva

Vitaly Ilinich

Wai Sam Wong

Wenhong Dai

Wenjuan Gou

Wernher Brevis

Yangwen Jia

Zulkarnain Hassan

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International Scientific Committee (Reviewers of Abstract)

Ahmed Elshafie

Amir Azimi

Ana Maria Ferreira da Silva

Ayman Elsayed

Fahmi Ridwan

Francesco Ballio

Gasim Hayder

George Constantinescu

Gregory Lawrence

Hongwu Tang

Jafar Yazdi

Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski

Jennifer Duan

Larry J. Weber

Lindsay Beevers

Manfred Schuetze

Mohd Hafiz Zawawi

Mohd Sofiyan Sulaiman

Muhammad Raza Ul Mustafa

Norlida Mohd Dom

Orazio Giustolisi

Paul Franklin

Philippe Gourbesville

Pierre Y. Julien

Ponnambalam Rameshwaran

Ramesh Teegavarapu

Shahaboddin Shamshirband

Shiguo Xu

Silke Wieprecht

Sundar Vallam

Terry Van Kalken

Thamer Mohammad

Xavier Sanchez-Vila

Xudong Fu

Yujun Yi

Zoran Vojinovic

Zulfequar Ahmad

Congress Organizers

Nor Azazi Zakaria, Technical Advisor, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

Chun Kiat Chang, Event Coordinator & Publications Manager, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

Hui Weng Goh, Event Manager, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

Nor Zainah Bahari, Financial Controller, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

Azra Azreen Kamarjalman, I.T. Quality Assurance Manager, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

Nurzalina Nordin, Information Technology Director, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

Mohd Kusairay Musa, Database and Management System Developer, USAINS Holding Sdn Bhd

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