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{{Project page
|image=[[File:B2011 Hydro Team.JPG|200px]]
|year= 2011
|season= Fall
|term= B
|topic= Hydrodynamics
|team members=Junbo Chen <br> Anthony DiNino <br> Zachary Mintz <br> Robert Wolf
|advisors=Fabio Carrerra <br> Frederick Bianchi
|sponsors=[[ISMAR]] <br> [[Centro Maree]] <br> [[Venice Project Center]]

|abstract=This project provides an update on the hydrodynamics of 93 canal segments in the historical 
center of Venice.  During the 1990’s, students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) 
measured the currents in the entire canal system.  Since then, there have been many speculations 
about possible changes in the canal currents.  Our team set out to verify whether those rumors 
were founded.  The results of our study show that indeed there have been changes in the patterns 
of movement of the waters of the inner canals: the speed of some of the northern canals has 
increased, the area around the Rio Nuovo has slowed down, and some smaller segments have 
even reversed their direction of flow.  In particular, our research has confirmed that the western 
end of the Grand Canal is displaying a pattern of flow that is the opposite to the direction 
measured in 1966.  Our data was used to update a computer model of the canal hydrodynamics in 
collaboration with ISMAR.  The results of our project indicate that more research is needed to 
fully understand the behavior of tidal flows, especially in relation to the major lagoon channels.

|report=
[http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-122011-114138/unrestricted/IQP_Final_Report_B11_Hydro.pdf An Update on the Hydrodynamics of the Venice Canals]

|see also=
|external links=
*[https://sites.google.com/site/ve11hydro/ Team Website]
}}

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[[Category:Canals]]
[[Category:Hydrodynamics]]