A5036604433- Water management and technologies
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Water resources management and optimization
- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Groundwater flow and contamination studies
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Dam Engineering and Safety
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Agriculture, Water, and Health
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Historical and Architectural Studies
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis
- Smart Materials for Construction
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Hydraulic flow and structures
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2005-2020
Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government
2013
The evolution of the major achievements in water lifting devices with emphasis on technologies over centuries is presented and discussed. Valuable insights into ancient their apparent characteristics durability, adaptability, sustainability are provided. A comparison relevant technological developments several early civilizations carried out. These underpinning modern engineering. They represent best paradigm probing past facing future. timeline historical development pumps worldwide through...
Nowadays, available water resources face severe pressures due to demographic, economic, social causes, environmental degradation, climate change, and technological changes on a global scale. It is well known that rainwater harvesting, simple old method, has the potential supplement surface groundwater in areas have inadequate supply. In recent decades, many countries supported updated implementation of such practice confront demand increase reduce frequency, peak, volume urban runoff. These...
Although there is evidence of surface-based storm drainage systems in early Babylonian and Mesopotamian Empires Iraq (ca. 4000–2500 BC), it not until after ca. 3000 BC that we find the well organized operated sewer Minoans Harappans Crete Indus valley, respectively. The valley civilizations originally, Hellenes Romans thereafter, are considered pioneers developing basic sewerage technologies, with emphasis on sanitation urban environment. further developed these techniques greatly increased...
Agricultural developments require changes in land surface and subsurface hydraulic functions as protection from floods, reclamation of flooded land, irrigation, drainage. Drainage agricultural has a long history apparently traces back to the earliest civilizations Mesopotamia Iran before 4000 BC. In Eastern Mediterranean, Minoan Mycenaean developed techniques strategies drainage lands middle 2nd millennium After collapse Aegean Bronze-age civilizations, society building innovation archaic...
Agricultural drainage plays an important role worldwide in food production and conservation of soil resources, while safeguarding investments agricultural irrigation projects. It can improve crop yields land productivity, especially on poorly drained soils cases prolonged waterlogging. Both the subsurface materials installation techniques used have a long history dating to prehistoric times. Over time, new materials, modernized equipment were being developed continuously take advantage...
Sanitation and hygiene technologies have existed in ancient Hellas since the Bronze Age (ca. 3200–1100 bc), when extensive sewerage drainage other elaborate sanitary structures were known Minoan palaces towns. Classical Hellenistic periods should be considered as most progressive eras design of engineering. At that time anatomically shaped toilet seats are found several sites many private houses public buildings them. As cities grew size pressure larger populations resulted construction...
Abstract Water movement in unsaturated soil is described by Richards' equation, which strongly nonlinear and cannot be solved analytically. For this reason numerical methods such as finite difference element have been used to solve it. This paper presents another solution of based on the control volume method. method has important advantages over other methods, conservativeness system flexibility grid intervals. To validate model a series experiments were carried out laboratory vertical...
Historical and archaeological evidence shows that ancient Hellenes had developed underground aqueducts since the prehistoric times. However, innovative methods of were in Hellas mainly during Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman periods. Since well-known tunnel at island Samos, Hellas, was designed begun its construction (ca. 550 bc) by Eupalinos Megara (the first civil engineer history), several tunnels (with without well-like vertical shafts) implemented country. The goal to transfer...
Nowadays, it is a common ascertainment that stormwater runoff in the urban and interurban road network consist non-point source pollution which contributes to degrading of quality water ground surface bodies. Taking into account fact has impacts people also flora fauna, need take measures order confront this environmental problem becomes inevitable. The adverse can be minimized with structural non-structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) or combination them. Within content present paper...
The problem of selecting the best pattern pipe diameters an irrigation network has long been given considerable attention by engineers when designing hydraulic works. classical optimization techniques, which have proposed until now, are following: (1) linear programming method; (2) nonlinear (3) dynamic and (4) Labye's method. Mathematical research problem, using previous methods, is very complex, for this reason numerical solution calls a lot calculations, especially in case with many...