On September 13-15, 2010, ISHPF (International Symposium on Hydraulic Physical Modeling and Field Investigation) sponsored by the Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute was held in Nanjing, China. Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute was one of the co-organizers. The theme is “important role of physical modeling and field investigation technology in hydraulic engineering and research”, including New Technology of Physical Modeling of River, Coastal and Environmental Flows, Advancement in Field Investigation for Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Development of Instruments and Facilities for Hydraulic and Eco-hydraulic Measurement, Hybrid Model Approach and Combination of Physical Approaches with Numerical Simulation, which fully demonstrated the new methods, techniques and results in hydraulic physical modeling and field investigation at home and abroad. The technical staffs from all around the world were present at the meeting and carried out extensive exchanges.

Six staffs from CRSRI attended the meeting. More than 10 papers were adopted by the conference, involving diversion and closure of river, cavitation of high-speed flow, hydraulic gates, environmental and eco-hydraulics, etc.. During the meeting, several papers were reported in the corresponding sessions. After report exchanges, technical exhibitions and site visits of hydraulic physical model research base at Tiexin Bridge, we better understand and become more familiar with the new methods, techniques and results in relative research fields, at the same time, the achievements of our researches in hydraulic physical modeling and field investigation are shown.