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Climate Change And Hydrological Risks Related To Railway Infrastructure In Northern Regions, Barry A. Palynchuk Phd
Climate Change And Hydrological Risks Related To Railway Infrastructure In Northern Regions, Barry A. Palynchuk Phd
Barry A. Palynchuk PhD
In this paper, the authors discuss the possible consequences of global warming on northern hydrology and their impacts on railway drainage infrastructure. How can we change actual design approaches, methods and standards to adapt, to reduce vulnerability and to improve resilience to climate change? Under current climate conditions, snow, ice and permafrost play a dominant role in the water balance in cold regions. Three areas can be distinguished: regions of continuous permafrost, regions of discontinuous permafrost and permafrost-free regions. To predict the potential climate change impacts on each region, the spatial analog and the climate variability analog approaches can be …
Assessment Of The Effects Of Marine Tides On Coastal Infrastructure, Barry A. Palynchuk Phd, Michel-Olivier Huard M.A.Sc, Zoubir Bouazza Phd, Evelyn Liu M.A.Sc
Assessment Of The Effects Of Marine Tides On Coastal Infrastructure, Barry A. Palynchuk Phd, Michel-Olivier Huard M.A.Sc, Zoubir Bouazza Phd, Evelyn Liu M.A.Sc
Barry A. Palynchuk PhD
A combined rail system and port facility development was investigated in West Africa. The principal components are 700 km of single track heavy-haul railway and a new deepwater port near the Atlantic Ocean. A significant challenge for the project is the assessment of the tidal effects for structures located on coastal rivers whose delta is influenced by the Atlantic tides. The flow in Delta is multidimensional and assessment of hydrodynamics in this context requires physical modeling or numerical modeling. Such modeling requires more reliable data on topography, bathymetry and boundary conditions. A simplified hydrodynamic model was used for the estimation …