IIHR Archive

Hydraulics Conferences

In 1939, when IIHR organized the first Hydraulics Conference, professional hydraulicians had few opportunities to meet and educate one another by sharing ideas and research results in person. The seven national Hydraulics Conferences, which were organized and hosted by IIHR, helped fill this gap. Most focused on a single research theme (indicated below). The conference series was eventually replaced by other professional hydraulics conferences (such as ASCE’s annual Water Resources Engineering Conference). 

This record group consists of three archival boxes. Some of the original sketches and photographs for the book Engineering Hydraulics are archived elsewhere, in IIHR’s graphics archives.

 Box 1: Conferences #1-4 (1939, 1942, 1946, 1949)

•         First Hydraulics Conference (June, 1939)
   

•         Second Hydraulics Conference (June, 1942, focused on applications of fluid mechanics)
   

•         Third Hydraulics Conference (June, 1946, focused on post-war applications of war research). Three folders:

General

Orders for Conference Proceedings

Correspondence with participants and about Proceedings

•         Fourth Hydraulics Conference (June, 1949, focused on production of Engineering Hydraulics). Three folders (plus 14 folders in Box 2):

Group Correspondence, Engineering Hydraulics

Correspondence, Planning, & Engineering Hydraulics (2 folders)

NOTE: Engineering Hydraulics was a book edited by Rouse and published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in 1950. This 1,039-page comprehensive reference manual comprised the Proceedings of the Fourth Hydraulics Conference, which was organized with the book’s production in mind.

Box 2: Conference #4 (June, 1949), Engineering Hydraulics Book (Also Box 1)

• Correspondence, Planning, & Engineering Hydraulics (third of 3 folders)
  
  

• Chapters in Engineering Hydraulics book. Thirteen folders:

Hunter Rouse chapter on Fundamental Principles of Flow

Carl Brown chapter on Sediment Transport

R.G. Folsom & James Daily chapter on Hydraulic Machinery

Art Ippen chapter on Channel Controls & Transitions

Joe W. Howe chapter on Flow Measurement

Bruce Gilcrest chapter on Flood Routing

Charles Jacob chapter on Flow of Ground Water

G.H. Keulegan chapter on Wave Motion

John S. McNown chapter on Surges and Water Hammer

C.J. Posey chapter on Gradually Varied Flow

V.L. Streeter chapter on Steady Flow in Pipes & Conduits

J.E. Warnock chapter on Hydraulic Similitude

Gordon Williams chapter on Hydrology

Box 3:Conferences 5-7 (1952, 1955, 1958)

• Fifth Hydraulics Conference (June, 1952, focused on sediment transport), Three folders:

General

Correspondence (Planning, Speakers, & Proceedings)

Proceedings Chapters, Correspondence

• Sixth Hydraulics Conference (June, 1955, focused on measurement of fluid flow). Three folders:

General

Correspondence (Planning, Proceedings)

Experimental Techniques Class Held After Conference (June 13 - July 2, 1955)

• Seventh Hydraulics Conference (June, 1958, focused on agreement between prototype and model behavior). Two folders:

General

Correspondence

(processed 6/2002)

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