Preface 2013: At the Confluence

Preface to the proceedings of Halophiles 2013

Halophiles are organisms, and their viruses, adapted to thriving and reproducing in high salt concentrations, representatives of which can be found in all domains of life. To flourish in these environments, an individual must overcome many obstacles including high osmotic pressure, low water availability, high and low pH conditions, high temperatures, and high cell densities that enforce stiff ...

Preface to the Best Papers from CLEI 2013 Special Issue

Jose Aguilar, Jaelson Castro, Sergio España, Alexandra La Cruz, María Villapol, Paula Zabala Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela, [email protected] Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil, [email protected] Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, España, [email protected] Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela, [email protected] Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, maria.villa...

Riprap sizing for scour protection at river confluence

River confluence is a common feature of most irrigation and drainage channels and river systems, where tributary conflicts the main channel. In these section, rapid changes in velocity and discharge, sediment distribution and flow turbulent result in a deep confluence scour, a bar point in the separation zone at downstream of junction corner  and finally vortex flow. Thus, the main goal of this...

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