{"id":3485,"date":"2026-10-28T20:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/?page_id=3485"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:09:33","slug":"%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%bf-%cf%85%ce%b4%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8e%ce%bd-%ce%ad%cf%81%ce%b3%cf%89%ce%bd-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%87%ce%bd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%bf-%cf%85%ce%b4%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%85%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8e%ce%bd-%ce%ad%cf%81%ce%b3%cf%89%ce%bd-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%87%ce%bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory of Hydraulic Projects and Environmental Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Laboratory of Hydraulic Projects and Environmental Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Director: Evangelos Keramaris, Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1461\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b11.jpg 1461w, https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b11-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b11-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1461px) 100vw, 1461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1464\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12.jpg 1464w, https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0395\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b12-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1464px) 100vw, 1464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Laboratory of Hydraulic Projects and Environmental Engineering, which covers an area of 300 m<sup>2<\/sup>, supports research and teaching in the academic subjects: theoretical, computational and experimental hydraulics of open and closed conduits, irrigation projects, drainage projects, simulation of convection, diffusion, dispersion and pollutant process chemistry, design and management of water resource systems, coastal engineering, wave propagation and oceanography.<\/p>\n<p>It has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open channel with variable slope, 10 m long, 50 cm wide and 50 cm high that is used both for educational purposes for the laboratory application of the hydraulics courses of open and closed conduits and also for research purposes as experiments are carried out in the context of undergraduate and postgraduate theses as well as PhD theses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Open channel with variable slope, 6.5 m long, 7.5 cm wide and 20 cm high that is used only for teaching purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wave generator with adjustable frequency of movement of a motor through an inverter and with adjustable amplitude of oscillation.<\/li>\n<li>HELE-SHAW apparatus for underground flow simulation for the study of salt and fresh water stratification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The laboratory is equipped with instruments like voltmeters, ohmmeters, oscilloscopes, tachometers, timers etc., computers equipped with programs like MATLAB, AUTOCAD, TECHPLOT which are available and used for the data processing obtained from the experiments.<\/p>\n<p>The laboratory also has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>electronic anemometer equipment for measuring instantaneous velocities with X probe sensors<\/li>\n<li>P.I.V. (Patricle Image Velocimetry) with Insight 3G software for measuring instantaneous velocities through photographs.<\/li>\n<li>computer programs (FLUENT, FLOW 3D, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, the Laboratory has equipment and instruments related to field measurements in marine hydraulics and oceanography subjects such as mechanical currentmeters for recording sea currents and CTD (instrument for measuring physicochemical parameters of seawater \u2013 conductivity, temperature and pressure).<\/p>\n<p>As part of the research activities of the Laboratory, a PhD thesis was completed in 2022:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leousidis \u0391., (2019-2022). \u00abExperimental and computational determination of fluid (water) velocity profiles in an open channels due to spatial temperature changes\u00bb, December 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the last 3 years, experimental and computational work was carried out in the Laboratory, which was published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keramaris E., Pechlivanidis G., (2020) \u00abBoundary effects of vertical buoyant jets in a stagnant fluid in a crossflow\u00bb, <em><u>Experimental Techniques<\/u><\/em>, Springer, 44, 149-158, <u>DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40799-019-00320-4.<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Keramaris E., (2021) \u00abVelocity profiles in a random porous bed\u00bb, <em>Special Topics and Reviews in Porous Media: An International Journal<\/em>, Begell House, 12(3), 1-9. <u>DOI: 10.1615\/SpecialTopicsRevPorousMedia.2020030683<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Savvidis Y., Keramaris E., (2021) \u00abStudy of waters\u2019 renewal and sedimentation of a Harbor in a Coastal Front with Seawalls\u00bb, <em><u>Sediment Research<\/u><\/em>, Elsevier, 36(3): 373-383, <u>DOI: <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijsrc.2020.11.001\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijsrc.2020.11.001<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Leousidis A., Pechlivanidis G., Keramaris E., Savvidis Y., (2022) \u00abExperimental Study of the effects of Heating or Cooling on the Water Surface in Open Channel\u00bb, <em><u>Environmental Sciences Proceedings<\/u><\/em>, MDPI, 21, 60, <u>DOI: <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/environsciproc2022021060\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/environsciproc2022021060<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leousidis A., Keramaris E., Pechlivanidis G., Savvidis Y., (2022) \u00abStudy of the Effect of a Cooling Load on a Fluid Surface (Water) in an open channel\u00bb, for review, <em><u>Experimental Techniques<\/u><\/em>, Springer.<\/li>\n<li>Leousidis A., Savvidis Y., Keramaris E., Pechlivanidis G., Koutitas C., (2023) \u00abMathematical Simulation of a Flow Generated by the Imposition of Thermal Load on a Surface of an Open Channel\u00bb, for review, <em><u>Heat and Mass Transfer<\/u><\/em>, Springer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>HUMAN RESOURCES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Evangelos Keramaris, Professor, Director<\/p>\n<p>Yiannis Savvidis, Professor<\/p>\n<p>Alexandros Leousidis, Lecturer<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laboratory of Hydraulic Projects and Environmental Engineering Director: Evangelos Keramaris, Professor The Laboratory of Hydraulic Projects and Environmental Engineering, which covers an area of 300 m2, supports research and teaching &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3485","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3546,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3485\/revisions\/3546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}