Prof. Sandra Soares-Frazao

Universite Catholique de Louvain

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About

Sandra Soares-Frazão is professor at the Polytechnical School of UCLouvain since 2011, teaching several courses both at Bachelor and Master level, such as basic hydraulics for Bachelor students in civil engineering, then open-channel flows, fluvial hydraulics, numerical simulations of transient flows, and hydropower plants at Master level. The Covid pandemic was the opportunity to develop online courses (hydraulics, in French, and open-channel flows, in English) for UCLouvain students, that are also publicly available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/SandraSoaresFrazao_Teaching). Her research activities focus on fluvial hydraulics and transient flows, considering both numerical simulations and laboratory experiments. Since 2014, she has an important commitment is scientific cooperation, through large research projects funded by ARES, mainly in Haiti, through which PhD students are also funded.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Fluvial hydraulics, sediment transport, fast transient flows, numerical simulations, non-intrusive measurement techniques.

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Flood Risk Management
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Hydraulic Structures

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
JHR Editorial Board	Associate Editors	2020-12-28	Now
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics	Chair	2020-09-25	Now
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics	Vice Chair	2019-09-01	2020-09-25
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics	Secretary	2017-08-22	2019-09-01
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics	Secretary	2013-09-08	2017-08-22
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics	Co-opted	2012-01-01	2013-09-20
IAHR Innovation and Professional Development	Secretary	2012-01-01	2016-06-21

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Dam-break flow experiments over mobile bed: velocity profile	2019
Dam-Break Flow in a Channel with a 90° Bend and Mobile Bed: Experimental and Numerical Simulations	2019
Drone-Driven Surface Velocity Measurements in Natural Rivers	2019
Statistical analysis methods for transient flows – the dam-break case	2019
Experimental and numerical simulation of bed load transport over steep slopes	2017
Numerical Modeling of the Flow on a Damaged Weir Application to the Cavaillon River, Haiti	2017
Scouring at the Interface Between Fixed and Mobile Bed in Steep Sloped Channels	2017
Steady-flow experiments in urban areas and anisotropic porosity model	2017
Flow Modelling and Investigation of Flood Scenarios on the Cavaillon River, Haiti	2016
Impact of sediment transport formulations on breaching modelling	2015
2D Dam-Break Flows over Erodible Floodplain. Comparison of Two Shallow-Water Models Against Laboratory Experiments: A Saint-Venant – Exner Classical Approach and a Two-Layer Description	2013
Experimental Investigation of the Erosion of a Sand Dike by Overtopping	2013
The Gate Removal Effect in the Initial Instants of the Dam-Break Flow	2013
Experimental investigation of reservoir geometry effect on dam-break flow	2012
Dam-break flow on mobile bed in abruptly widening channel: experimental data	2011

My Videos

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IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date