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Proposed Committee Council Name: Darcy Memorial Congress on the History of Hydraulics
Parent Committee/Council: Surface Water Hydrology
Type of Committee: Standing Committee Task Committee X
Committee Purpose (for publication in ASCE Official Register)
To research and publish information on the history of hydraulics research and engineering,
including biographical accounts of recent researchers. Special emphasis will be given to the
topics areas Henry Darcy addressed that include closed conduit flow, hydraulic instrumentation,
open channel flow, boundary layer phenomenon, and flow in groundwater and porous media.
Committee Objectives (Publication or other end product)
1) Development of biographical accounts and analysis for Darcy and more modern hydraulic
researchers;
2) Promote non-members to join EWRI by providing a forum for publication of papers on
hydraulic history including closed conduit flow, hydraulic instrumentation, open channel flow,
boundary layer phenomenon, and flow in groundwater and porous media;
3) Sponsor and organize specialty symposium(s) at 2003 annual of National ASCE and/or EWRI
meetings;
4) Produce a symposium proceedings that will include proceeding papers and editorial
comments.
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Committee Officers (All must be EWRI Members)
Chair Name Glenn O. Brown EWRI ID# 7851574
Address 219 Ag Hall, Oklahoma State University
City Stillwater State OK Zip 74078 Home Phone (405) 744-8425
Preferred E-mail Address gbrown@okstate.edu Alternate E-Mail Address none
Preferred Fax Number (405) 744-6059 Alternate Fax Number none
Vice Chair Name Jerry R. Rogers EWRI ID# ?
Address Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Houston
City Houston State OK Zip 77204-4791 Home Phone (713) 743-4250
Preferred E-mail Address djrogers@pdq.net Alternate E-Mail Address none
Preferred Fax Number (713) 743-4260 Alternate Fax Number none
Secretary Name Yet to be selected
Attach List of other committee members, if known (non-officers need not be EWRI members)
Jurgen Garbrecht
USDA, ARS, SPA
7207 W. Cheyenne St.
El Reno, OK 73036
Tel.: (405) 262-5291
FAX: (405) 262-0133
E-mail: garbrech@grl.ars.usda.gov
Others to be selected
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Please justify how this committee fulfills the mission and focus of the EWRI Division:
This committee will foster interactions and collaboration between EWRI and non-members
including groundwater hydrologists, soil scientists, petroleum engineers, and mechanical
engineers who have an interest in the history of hydraulics. It will allow this diverse group to
share our common heritage and form partnerships for the future.
Does this committee functionally overlap with other EWRI committees?
No overlap is known with the specific topic, but due to the breath of historic subjects, other
technical committees may pursue different historical aspects in Civil Engineering. Jerry Rogers
will pursue joint sponsorship with the ASCE, History and Heritage Committee.
If yes, give names of people contacted and explain nature of contacts that ensure efforts are not
duplicated:
N/A
Show milestone dates for completion of planned committee activities. Use extra pages if
necessary:
· Personal solicitation for potential committee members and contributors upon approval of
committee.
· Meeting of control members at Houston meeting, October, 2001.
· Symposium announcement and call for papers, Summer, 2002.
· Review symposium papers, Spring 2003.
· Symposium held in conjunction with National and/or EWRI meeting 2003.
· Publication of proceedings 2003.
Show funding requirement for planned committee activities. Use extra pages if necessary.
(Subcommittees are not funded and may omit this section.)
$5,000 for travel of control members and advertising in no-ASCE outlets to attract non-members.
Person preparing this proposal:
Name: Glenn Brown
Date: 7/26/00 Signature:
Overview
Darcy Memorial Congress on the History of Hydraulics
June 10th, 2003 will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry Darcy (1803-1858). Darcy
was a person of unusual ability and accomplishment. He is credited with the invention of the
modern style Pitot tube, was the first researcher to suspect the existence of the boundary layer in
fluid flow, contributed in the development of the Darcy-Weisbach equation for pipe flow
resistance, made major contributions to open channel flow research, provide the first quantitative
measurements of artesian well flow, and of course developed Darcy's Law for flow in porous
media. His Law is a foundation stone for several fields of study including ground-water
hydrology, soil physics, and petroleum engineering. Unfortunately, what little reference is made
of him in the literature is usually superficial and many times contain errors on the details of his
life and work. This situation is made even more regrettable when it is realized that the water
resources community could hardly hope for a better icon to honor with one of our most important
governing equations. Besides his research accomplishments, he was a skilled engineer, public
servant, and community leader.
This symposium will commemorate Darcy's accomplishments and provide a forum to remember
the accomplishments and contributions of more modern researchers. Papers may address either
the history of a given topic or the biography of a practitioner who made a major contribution in
hydraulics. The symposium will be divided into four sections;
· Open channel flow
· Closed conduits and pipe hydraulics,
· Groundwater and porous media flow, and
· Hydraulic instrumentation.
Each section will be proceeded by a review of Darcy's work in the topic area that will be
followed by the technical papers. Previous writers such and Rouse and Ince (1957) have
provided historic overviews for the older work, thus it is hoped that most papers will address
persons and developments of the last 50 years. To minimize discord, biographies will only be
accepted for persons who are no longer professionally active or deceased.
The Committee Chair has considerable knowledge of Darcy's works and knows others with an
interest in Darcy who may contribute. A web site may be viewed at
http://biosystems.okstate.edu/home/gbrown/darcy. Technical papers will also be solicited by the
Committee on specific persons. We will approach people with intimate knowledge of the person
of interest, historians and other professions who may contribute. Significant potential exists to
have joint sponsorship with other societies, which will also be explored by the task committee.
Glenn Brown
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
405-744-8425
gbrown@okstate.edu
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