Technical note: Laboratory modelling of urban flooding: strengths and challenges of distorted scale models

Li, Xuefang; Erpicum, Sébastien; Bruwier, Martin; Mignot, Emmanuel; Finaud-Guyot, Pascal; Archambeau, Pierre; Pirotton, Michel; Dewals, Benjamin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1567-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

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Technical note

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18 Mar 2019

Technical note |

| 18 Mar 2019

Technical note: Laboratory modelling of urban flooding: strengths and challenges of distorted scale models

Xuefang Li, Sébastien Erpicum, Martin Bruwier, Emmanuel Mignot, Pascal Finaud-Guyot, Pierre Archambeau, Michel Pirotton, and Benjamin Dewals

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