Prof. Bruce W. Melville

University of Auckland

Professor

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About

Melville is an active researcher in fluvial sediment transport. His book on bridge scour is widely used by bridge hydraulics engineers throughout the World. He is Associate-Editor of the (ASCE) Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. He received the 2002 ASCE Hydraulic Structures Medal, was elected to fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) in 2006 and then received the R.J. Scott Medal from RSNZ for his research contributions in fluvial hydraulics. He is a Distinguished Fellow of Engineers NZ (DistFEngNZ)

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

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Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Working Group on Scour Research	Head of Advisory Board	2024-05-01	Now
JHER Editorial	Advisory Editors	2018-01-01	Now
Asia & Pacific Regional Team	Member	2012-01-01	2014-01-01
IAHR Council	Member	2011-01-20	2013-09-30

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Local scour at submerged weirs in sand-bed channels	2016
Measurements of tsunami-borne debris impact on structures using an embedded accelerometer	2016
Total Scour at Spill-Through Abutments Under Free Surface and Overtopping Flow Conditions	2015
Preliminary Investigation of the Tsunami-Borne Debris Impact on Structures: A New Method for Impact Force Measurement	2014
Scour at Various Hydraulic Structures: Sluice Gates, Submerged Bridges, Low Weirs	2014
Bed Load Influence on Scour at Submerged Weirs	2013
Effects of Contraction Length on Abutment Scour	2013
Improving the Hydraulic Performance of Sediment Retention Ponds: Alternative Inlet and Outlet Design and Baffles	2013
Pressure Distribution from Tsunami Bore Impact on a Cylindrical Structure	2013
Change of Particle Size Distribution During Cluster Evolution	2010
Flow Structures and Hydrodynamic Force During Sediment Entrainment: A Cause and Effect Analysis	2010
Numerical Investigation of the Reynolds Number Dependence of the Flow Within Model Ponds at Different Geometric Scale Ratios	2010
Physical Hydraulic Model Study of Sewage Overflow Mitigation, Auckland, New Zealand	2010
Re-Evaluation of Image Analysis for Sedimentary Processes Research	2010
Effect of Vertical Locations of Inlet and Outlet on Hydraulics of Stormwater Retention Ponds Using Numerical Modeling	2009
Flume Influence on Developing Dune Beds	2007
Three-Dimensional Measurement of Laboratory Submerged Bed Forms Using Moving Probes	2005
Flow Fields Around Bridge Abutments in Compound Channels	2004
Erodibility of Fractured Rock	2003
Temporal Scour Development at Bridge Abutments	2001
Noncohesive Embankment Failure Due to Overtopping Flow	1999

My Videos

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IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
APD Distinguished Membership Award	2020