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Berlin2024Fulfilling Riverscape – a creative interdisciplinary approach
Giovanni De Cesare, Paolo Perona, Sylvie Tram Nguyen
Hydrological, water technological, managerial and human induced processes affect aquatic, amphibian and terrestrial organisms and their habitats, far beyond the main channel of a river. This Riverscape includes diverse riparian habitats which vary in space ...
2023Performance and Design of a Stepped Spillway Aerator
Anton Schleiss, Michael Pfister, Stéphane Christian Olivier Terrier
Stepped spillways are frequently limited to specific discharges under around 30 m2/s due to concerns about potential cavitation damages. A small air concentration can prevent such damages and the design of bottom aerators is well established for smooth chu ...
2022The Land-Water-Energy Nexus of Ruzizi River Dams (Lake Kivu Outflow, African Great Lakes Region): Status, Challenges, and Perspectives
Hydroelectric power (HP) represents the main source of electricity in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo. The demand for new dam construction is high, and major projects are currently progressing through planning and implementation stages. ...
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022Improving frequency containment reserve provision in run-of-river hydropower plants
Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Francesco Gerini
The paper presents a model-based control strategy for optimal asset management of hydroelectric units in run-of-river hydropower plants. The proposed control strategy aims to operate the unit at the best efficiency while improving water flow management and ...
2021Effect of debris damming on wave-induced hydrodynamic loads against free-standing buildings with openings
Anton Schleiss, Michael Pfister, Davide Wüthrich, Claudia Ylla Arbos
Tsunamis, impulse waves, and dam-break waves are rare but catastrophic events, associated with casualties and damage to infrastructures. An adequate description of these waves is vital to assure human safety and to generate resilient structures. Furthermor ...
2020The sediment challenge of Swiss river corridors interrupted by man-made reservoirs
Giovanni De Cesare, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Samuel Luke Vorlet, Christian Mörtl
Depending on their characteristics and management, man-made reservoirs can have a significant impact on the natural sediment continuity of rivers. We classify different reservoir types and describe potential risks for the dam and downstream river reach. Ou ...
CRC Press2020Generation and application of river network analogues for use in ecology and evolution
Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo, Luca Carraro, Reinhard Furrer, Florian Altermatt
Several key processes in freshwater ecology are governed by the connectivity inherent to dendritic river networks. These have extensively been analyzed from a geomorphological and hydrological viewpoint, yet structures classically used in ecological modeli ...
WILEY2020Stilling Basin Performance Downstream of Stepped Spillways
Advances in dam construction techniques have significantly increased the number of implemented stepped spillways worldwide. A key hydraulic feature of a stepped chute, compared to a smooth chute, is the enhanced energy dissipation resulting in a reduced re ...
EPFL2020Subaquatic slope instabilities: The aftermath of river correction and artificial dumps in Lake Biel (Switzerland)
Alfred Johny Wüest, Laëtitia Meuriot, Nathalie Dubois
River engineering projects are developing rapidly across the globe, drastically modifying water courses and sediment transfer. Investigation of the impact of engineering works focuses usually on short-term impacts, thus a longer-term perspective is still m ...
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