Some 70 MIKE users from all over Denmark found their way to this two-day event held last week at Rungstedgaard Conference Centre on the east coast of Zealand only 30 km north of Copenhagen. Our experienced hostesses, Loni, Sus and Lone, welcomed conference participants to the centre, situated next door to one of Denmark’s most renown locations: the Karen Blixen museum, housed in the author’s own home on the seafront. The outdoor scene was nicely set; blue skies, a gentle sea breeze with a slight whiff of seaweed, and a clear view of Sweden on the other side of the Sound.
The case studies presented by the users included:
Analysis of an urban flood, Uffe Gangelhof, Grontmij | Carl Bro A/S
Excessive rainfall during the summer 2007 flooded a housing area in Hillerod. Water from technical installations as well as surface run-off contributed to the flood, which caught not only the municipality but also the inhabitants unawares. MIKE Flood has been used to simulate what actually went on.
MIKE modelling of large infra structure projects, Hanne Svendsen, COWI A/S
MIKE models are extensively applied by COWI when designing large international infrastructure projects. They are used not only to assess design parameters (waves, water levels, currents, etc.) and to optimise layout with regard to environmental aspects, execution methods and construction costs. The presentation demonstrated the width and possibilities of MIKE 21 and LITPACK as assisting tools in the design phase of these kinds of projects exemplified in the world’s largest causeway being built between Qatar and Bahrain. The presentation included similar projects from other parts of the world, for example the planned crossing of Maracaibo in Venezuela.
Intelligent wastewater handling for ’Lynettenfælleskabet’, Henrik Soenderup, Ramboll Denmark A/S
Two new MIKE URBAN models for each of the catchment areas for the wastewater treatment plants ‘Lynetten’ and ‘Damhusåen’ have been coupled to WEST models of the treatment plants. How the models were made and how this integrated coupling can improve the performance was presented.
The Application of MIKE FLOOD based on the DANVA Climate Guideline, Lene Lykke Kraglund and Morten Larsen, Orbicon. In order to enable municipalities and utilities to be at the forefront of climate adaptation the Danish Water and Waste Water Association (DANVA) has published a ‘cookbook’. An analysis of a drainage system and the development of solutions for flooding events were presented based on this.
The following application examples were presented by our colleagues from DHI Solutions:
Henrik Kofoed-Hansen, Ports and Offshore Techonology, on how far DHI has come with the modelling of movements of and forces on floating structures.
Ulrik Lomborg, Coastal & Estuarine Dynamics, on the hydrographic monitoring programme for the Fehmarnbelt link
Henrik Refstrup, Water Resources, on Real-time flood forecasting system comprising coupled MIKE SHE- MIKE 11 model and DIMS for the Aarhus creek catchment area
Anders Refsgaard, Water Resources, Optimization of extraction strategy on source level – the advantages of coupling groundwater and water distribution models
Klavs Bundgaard, Coastal & Estuarine Dynamics, Sedimentation problems in navigation channels and possible impacts on adjacent wetlands
Henrik Skov, Ecology & Environment, Birds monitoring programme for the Fehmarnbelt link – EIA study comprising ambitious field and model investigations.
On the second day of the conference the many new features and functions in Release 2009 were demonstrated.