Réhabilitation de la capacité d’évacuation des crues – intégration de "PK-Weirs" sur des barrages existants

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Réhabilitation de la capacité d’évacuation des crues – intégration de "PK-Weirs" sur des barrages existants

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Exploring the efficacy of reservoir fine sediment management measures through numerical simulations

Experimental modeling of fine sediment routing: SEDMIX device with thrusters

Characterization of Thruster-Induced Turbulence for Fine Sediment Suspension

Enhancing Flood Resilience: Sediment Management in Le Bez Torrent

Weakening effect of various pore fluids on the tensile strength of granite

Numerical Simulations of an Innovative Water Stirring Device for Fine Sediment Release: The Case Study of the Future Trift Reservoir

Innovative methods to release fine sediments from reservoirs developed at EPFL, Switzerland

Bottom slope influence on flow and bedload transfer through contractions

Hydraulic-morphological habitat assessment in rivers considering residual flow, sediment replenishment and artificial flood events

Sediment replenishment combined with an artificial flood improves river habitats downstream of a dam

Sediment traps with guiding channel and hybrid check dams improve controlled sediment retention

Dependence properties of spatial rainfall extremes and areal reduction factors

Hydro-morphological processes through permeable sediment traps at mountain rivers

Probabilistic failure analysis of riprap as riverbank protection under flood uncertainties

Time-dependent failure analysis of large block size riprap as bank protection in mountain rivers

Case study – Delta restoration at a steep river mouth

Laboratory research: bed load guidance into sediment bypass tunnel inlet

Das Klaviertastenwehr (PKW) als effizientes Einlaufbauwerk zur Erhöhung der Abflusskapazität bestehender Hochwasserentlastungsanlagen

Ecomorphodynamic approaches to river anabranching patterns

Experimental evaluation of the discharge capacity of flow constrictions by check dams in mountain rivers