PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
CIRP productivity and investment in technology transfer can be evaluated by reference to
Figs 3 and 4. The first of these figures plots major publications since 1996. As of March 2002,
42 technical notes have been published. Journal articles (11 published to present) are considered
essential for obtaining independent peer review of CIRP technology and to demonstrate that the
program is at the state of the art. The CIRP has published 14 technical reports and conducted
11 major workshops since its inception in 1996.
Fig. 4 plots CIRP investment in interface development for its numerous models and analytic
tools. The Surfacewater Modeling System (SMS; Zundel 2000) is the interface for multi-
dimensional models. Decision-support tools and simpler models not dependent on output from
other models have stand-alone PC interfaces. Several models and tools listed in Fig. 4 are
discussed below.
800
50
Publications
SMS
SMS, ADCIRC, Steering Module,
and Workshops
CHETN
M2D, STWAVE, SHOALS Toolbox
700
40
600
SBAS, HyPAS, Inlets Online,
PC
Reservoir Model, Infilling Model,
500
30
CDAS, NEMOS
400
Journal
20
300
TR
200
10
Workshops
100
0
0
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year
Fig. 4. Investment in computer interfaces
Fig. 3. Annual publications and workshops.
SELECTED PRODUCTS
The CIRP's publications are posted on its
web site (Fig. 5), often in draft form prior to
the release of final versions. Publications
include technical reports, journal articles,
conference papers, and Coastal and Hydraulics
Engineering Technical Notes (CHETN's).
Electronic versions of technical reports and
some journal/conference papers in PDF format
can be downloaded. The CIRP web site also
includes case study applications of major CIRP
numerical modeling technologies together with
several simple online applications, announce-
ments of upcoming workshops, summaries of
past technology transfer events, and planned
Fig. 5. CIRP home page --
research activities of the CIRP.
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