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Dr. da Silva is a Civil Engineer specializing in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Fluvial Hydraulics and River Engineering. Her research interests include mechanics of turbulent river flows, sediment transport and river morphodynamics. Her present research efforts include the development of analytical and numerical models for the simulation and prediction of river morphological response to natural or man-induced changes in flow regime and/or sediment load. Of particular interest are the medium- and long-term river bed and planform adjustments caused by direct river interventions (such as construction/removal of dams, barrages and weirs, construction or raising of levees, straightening, etc.), as well as those caused by land use changes at the catchment level. The development of the aforementioned models is being supported by an extensive experimental research, focusing on the mechanics of the bed and bank erosion/sedimentation in both, meandering and braiding rivers. The experimental research is being carried out in the new Queen's River and Estuarine Morphodynamics Research Facility, whose component is a 21m long, 7m wide, 0.6m deep basin. Dr. da Silva is also involved with the numerical modeling of local scour around hydraulic structures.
Education
Professional Activity
Books
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (2001): "Fluvial Processes". IAHR Monograph, IAHR, Delft, The Netherlands, 197 pages.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (2001): "Fluvial Processes - Solutions Manual". Supplement to the IAHR Monograph "Fluvial Processes", IAHR, Delft, The Netherlands, 83 pages. www.iahr.net/site/index.html
To order these publications, contact the IAHR Secretariat in Madrid: iahr@iahr.org
Articles in Books
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1994): "On the initiation of bed deformation of a meandering stream". in "Sediment Transport Mechanisms in Coastal Environments and Rivers, EUROMECH 310", M. Belorgey, R.D. Rajaona, J.F.A. Sleath eds., World Scientific Publishing, pp. 332-342.
Journal Publications
Neyshabouri, A.A.S., da Silva, A.M.F., Barron, R. (2003): "Numerical simulation of scour by a free falling jet". Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 533-539.
Neyshabouri, A.A.S., Barron, R., da Silva, A.M.F. (2001): "Numerical simulation of scour by a wall jet". Water Engineering Research, Korea Water Resources Association, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, pp. 179-185.
da Silva, A.M.F., Bolisetti, T. (2000): "A method for the formulation of Reynolds number functions". Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 4, Aug., pp. 829-833.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (2000): "Computation of regime channels on thermodynamic basis". Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 57-63.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F (1999): "Regime channels in cohesionless alluvium". Special Issue on River Morphology, Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 37, No. 6, pp. 725-742.
da Silva, A.M.F. (1999): "Friction factor of meandering flows". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 7, July, pp. 779-783.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1997): "On the computation of equilibrium channels in cohesionless alluvium". Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, Vol. 15, No. 2, Dec., pp. 1-13.
da Silva, A.M.F., Yalin, M.S. (1997): "Laboratory measurements in sine-generated meandering channels". International Journal of Sediment Research, International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation, IRTCES, Vol. 12, No. 2, Aug., pp. 92-104.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1992): "Horizontal turbulence and alternate bars". Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, JSCE, Vol. 9, No. 2, Jan., pp. 47-58.
Invited Conference Papers
da Silva, A.M.F. (2004): "Current developments in understanding river morphology and their practical application". Proc. 3rd International Conference on Natural Channel Systems, Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 27-30, (10 p.) (CD-ROM)
da Silva, A.M.F. (2004): "Variation of meandering flow and erosion-deposition patterns with sinuosity". Invited Paper, Proc. 6th International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, ICHE-2004, Brisbane, Australia, May 31-June 3, (10 p.) (CD-ROM).
da Silva, A.M.F., Yalin, M.S. (2002): "Stream morphology in the light of the second law and turbulence". Invited Paper, Special Symposium on River Sedimentation and Morphodynamic Processes", Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, ICHE-2002, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 18-21.
da Silva, A.M.F. (1998): "An expression for the friction factor of meandering flows". Invited Paper, Proc. 3rdInternational Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, ICHE'98, Cottbus/Berlin, Aug. 31- Sept. 3, 8 pages (CD-ROM).
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1997): "On the determination of regime channels in cohesionless alluvium".Invited General Lecture, Proc. Conference on Management of Landscapes Disturbed by Channel Incision, Oxford, Mississippi, May 20-22, pp. 77-86.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1995): "On the mechanics of flow in sine-generated meandering streams". Invited Paper, Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, ICHE'95, Beijing, March 22-26, pp. 1807-1814.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1993): "Determination of bed topography of meandering streams". Invited Paper, Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydro-Science and Engineering, ICHE'93, Washington D.C., June 7-11, pp. 1301-1308.
Contributed Conference Papers
da Silva, A.M.F. (2003): "A computational method for the determination of regime channel characteristics". Proc. 16th Hydrotechnical Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), October 22-24, Burlington, Canada (In Press).
da Silva, A.M.F., Zhang, Y. (2003): "Determination of friction factor over a bed covered by dunes". Proc. 16th Hydrotechnical Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE), October 22-24, Burlington, Canada (In Press).
da Silva, A.M.F., Habibullah, S.M. B. (2003): "Migration and expansion of meander loops: a simulation model". Proc. XXX IAHR Congress, Thessaloniki, Aug. 24-29 (In Press).
da Silva, A.M.F., Yalin, M.S., El-Tahawy, T., Tape, W.D. (2001): "Patterns of flow in meandering channels of varying sinuosity". Proc. XXIX IAHR Congress, Beijing, Sept. 17-21, pp. 251-257.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva. A.M.F. (2001): "Variational approach to the determination of meandering flows". Proc. XXIX IAHR Congress, Beijing, Sept. 17-21, 231-237.
da Silva. A.M.F., Tape, W.D., El-Tahawy, T. (2001): "Mechanics of turbulent flow in meandering channels of varying sinuosity: an experimental study". Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE, Victoria, May 30-June 2, 7 pages (CD-ROM).
Neyshabouri, A.A.S., Barron, R., da Silva, A.M.F. (2001): "Numerical prediction of scour by a free falling jet". Proc. 9th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, CFD 2001, Kitchener, Ontario, May 27-29, 5 pages (CD-ROM).
Neyshabouri, A.A.S., Barron, R., da Silva, A.M.F. (2000): "Numerical simulation of scour by a wall jet". Proc. 4th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, ICHE-2000, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 26-29, 8 pages (CD-ROM).
da Silva, A.M.F., Ackert, S. (2000): "BHS-STABLE: A computer program for design of stable channels". Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE, London, June 7-10, 7 pages (CD-ROM).
da Silva, A.M.F., Zhang, Y. (1999): "On the steepness of dunes and determination of alluvial stream friction factor". Proc. XXVIII IAHR Congress, Graz, Austria, Aug. 22-27, 1999, 7 pages (CD-ROM).
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1999): "A method for computation of regime channel defining characteristics". Proc. XXVIII IAHR Congress, Graz, Austria, Aug. 22-27, 1999, 6 pages (CD-ROM).
da Silva, A.M.F. (1997): "A method for computation of regime channels". Proc. Conference on Management of Landscapes Disturbed by Channel Incision, Mississippi, May 20-22, pp. 581-586.
da Silva, A.M.F., Pollard, A. (1995): " Prediction of turbulent, meandering streams". CFD'95, Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, CFD'95, Banff, Alberta, June 25-27.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1991): "Computer simulation of suspended load transport". Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Transport of Suspended Sediments and its Mathematical Modelling, Florence, Sept. 2-5, pp. 287-292.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (1991): "On the formation of alternate bars". Proceedings, EUROMECH 262 Colloquium on Sand Transport in Rivers, Estuaries and the Sea, R. Soulsby and R. Bettess eds., A.A. Balkema.
Other
da Silva, A.M.F.: "Review of River Mechanics by Pierre Y. Julien". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 11, pp. 923-924.
Yalin, M.S., da Silva, A.M.F. (2001): "Reply by the authors" to the discussion by I.A. Benson and E.M. Valentine of the paper "Computation of regime channel characteristics on a thermodynamic basis", Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 333-335.
Research and Career Awards
2019 ASCE Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize
2019 Best Paper Award, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
2018 CSCE Fellow (inducted)
2013 Camille A. Dagenais Award (CSCE)
2010 Honourable Mention for the CSCE Thomas C. Keefer Medal for the paper entitled “On the
stable geometry of self-formed alluvial channels: theory and practical application”, published in the
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 36, No. 10, 2009, pp. 1667-1679
2005 14th IAHR Arthur Thomas Ippen Award
2000 Walter Light Queen’s National Scholar
1997 Department of the Army Performance Award, US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station
Teaching Awards
2018-19 Civil Engineering Teaching Award, Queen’s University
2008-09 Golden Apple Award, Engineering Society, Queen’s University
2000-01 Civil Engineering Teaching Award, Queen’s University
1991 Best Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University
Other
1994-95 Ontario Graduate Scholarship as International Student
1993-94 Ontario Graduate Scholarship as International Student
1992-93 R. Samuel McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen’s University
1991-92 Queen's Graduate Fellowship
1990-91 Dean’s Award, Queen's University
1989-90 Dean’s Award, Queen's University
Present Students
PhD
MASc
Former Students
PhD
MASc
M.Sc. Research Exchange Students