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Angewandte Numerik

Application of a 2D flow and sediment transport model to environmental problems
Bed development of an open-channel bend in a backwater situation
Endangerment of Innertkirchen due to a dam break wave
Flood and sediment routing in river systems: FLORIS2000
Minimized losses caused by a flood
Morphological development of the Rhine river delta at the lake of Constance

Glaziologie

3-D Pattern of Stress and Velocity in Glaciers: Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland
BigLink: Biosphere-Geosphere interactions: Linking climate change, weathering, soil formation and ecosystem evolution
Calving of Tidewater Glaciers
Collaborative Research on the Basal Motion of Glaciers: Field Studies of Debris/Bed Friction and Bed Deformation, Engabreen, Norway
Effects of Climatic Fluctuations on Runoff Production and Water Resources Management in highly glacierized Alpine Basins
Flow Modeling of Alpine and Rock Glaciers
Flow Modelling of a Temperate Ice Cap: Vatnajökull, Iceland
Flow-Modelling of Firn-Covered Cold Glaciers
Geophysical Methods for Detecting Permafrost in High Mountains
Glacier Outburst Floods: A Study of the Processes controlling the Drainage of Glacier-dammed Lakes
Glaciological and Hydraulic Investigations in Connection with the Danger of Ice Avalanches falling in a recently formed Proglacial Lake
Glaciological Investigations for the Construction of a Chair Lift on a Glacier
Ice-Bed Coupling of Sediment-Based Glaciers: a Laboratory Study of Basal Processes
Inventory of Hazardous Glaciers in Switzerland
Inverting ice dynamics from internal structures
Mass Balance Determination using Photogrammetric Methods and Numerical Flow Modeling
Measurements and Modeling of the Internal Ice Deformation of an Alpine Glacier: Unteraargletscher, Switzerland
Mechanisms of Fast Flow in Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland
Modeling of the Destabilization of Ice Chunks in Hanging Glaciers.
Modelling the Flow and Englacial Temperatures on a Cold Firn covered Glacier: Colle Gnifetti, Monte Rosa
Numerical Modelling Investigations of the Conditions under the Southern Laurentide Ice Sheet
Participative Procedure for the Risk Management of Glacier Hazards
Permafrost Changes in Rock Walls
Permafrost Distribution in Eastern Tibet: Variation of the Active Layer Thickness and its Effect on the Soil Drought
Permafrost Temperature Monitoring in Alpine Rock Walls: Borehole Temperature Measurement in the East Ridge of Jungfrau
Regional differences of mass balance and their impact on the past and future evolution of glaciers in Switzerland
The Basal Boundary Condition of an Alpine Glacier: a Hydro-Mechanical Approach, Unteraargletscher, Switzerland
The Role of Basal Control on the Flow of the Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: an Inverse Modeling Approach
Unstable Alpine Permafrost: a potentially important Natural Hazard - Boreholes in Permafrost: Internal Structure, Monitoring and Modelling

Hydraulik

Air detrainment of high-speed waters flows
Chute Aerators - Air Transport and Internal Flow Features
Flood discharge of rivers
Hydraulics of bottom racks
Impulse waves – effects of hill slope angle and granulometry
Internal flow features around bridge piers
Pier and abutment scour
Stepped Spillway Aerator
Supercritical flow in 45°-junction manhole
Supercritical flow in bend manholes
Two-phase flow on cascade spillways
Undular hydraulic jumps

Wasserbau

Air entrainment in Bottom Outlet Tailrace Tunnels (2006)
De-Aeration of large Conduits (2008)
Density affected flow over scraper blades in final settling tanks (2005)
Desilting basins of hydro power plants (2006)
HRR Hegmatten – Optimization of the Separation Building (2005)
Influence of the inflow jet of horizontal flow final settling tanks (2005)
Intake structure of the Handeck 2 power plant (Switzerland), physical model investigation (2011)
Investigation of trashrack losses (2002)
Jökulsá Tunnel – Kárahnjúkar Project (Iceland) (2003)
Kárahnjúkar Dam Spillway - Physical Model Investigation (2006)
Measures against the reservoir sedimentation of the Solis Dam (2008)
Model investigations of the Gojeb Bottom Outlet (Ethiopia) (2002)
Model Investigations of the Gojeb Spillway (Ethiopia) (2002)
Morning Glory Spillway of the Val Noci Dam - Physical Model Investigation (2008)
Optimising operations for Final Settling Tanks (2005)
Physical model investigation of flood-protection bypass-tunnel in Lyss (Switzerland) (2010)
Power Plant for Residual Flow in Dietikon/Switzerland Hydraulic Design of the Intake Structure (2003)
Preventing Hydraulic Structures from Abrasive Concrete Erosion (2001)
Renewal of the power station Rüchlig in Aarau (2010)
Scour protection in the plunge pool at the Dietikon weir (2003)
Sediment Bypass Tunnel in the Solis Reservoir (2010)

Flussbau

Aare, Interlaken (BE): Scour protection downstream of a weir
Albinen (VS): Debris flow and flood hazard mitigation
Analysis of the 2005 flood event in Switzerland
Bed load extraction with vortex tubes
Bed Morphology and stability of steep open channels
Bed stabilisation measures in the Landquart River
Charnawati River Stabilisation Project
Dorfbach Sachseln (OW): Trash rack for a sediment basin
Driftwood retention at the river Gürbe
Driftwood retention with distributed obstacles
Driftwood retention with rope net constructions
Evaluation of the effects in case of a landslide on the hydraulics of the Sitter-river in the reach of Zielraum 5 at Bernhardzell, Canton St. Gallen
Floating Wood and Sediment Retention on the Steinibach River in Hergiswil
Flood protection “Urner Talboden”: Hydraulic scale model tests
Flow Resistance and river bed stability of natural river beds at low relative submergences
Grain size analysis for coarse river beds using digital imagery processing
Initiation mechanisms of granular debris flow
Investigation of the rheological material properties of viscous debris flows
Investigation on the failure of a block ramp
Kelchbach, Naters (VS): Sediment retention basin with a bypass in a mountain river
Local scour at grade control structures in the Steiner-Aa-river / Canton Schwyz
Local widening of river beds
Management of driftwood during floods
Maschänserrüfe (GR): Debris flow regulation in a sediment basin
Modelling of the Alpenrhein delta in lake of Constance
Morphological dynamics in braided river
Nature oriented stream bed stabilization: Dala Leukerbad (VS)
Neumühlewehr – Assessment of alternatives and design of two recommended solutions
Numerical Modelling of the Sediment Balance of the River Thur
Physical and numerical modeling of debris flows
Renggbach (LU): Flooding risk study on a torrent
River stabilisation by local widening
Sediment Management of the Alpine Rhine
Self Widening by Lateral Erosion in Gravel Bed Rivers
Structured block ramp – basic tests
Structured block ramps – River Emme case study
The Poschiavo flood event of 1987
The Randa Rock Fall in 1991
The renaturation of the river Ticino: A feasibility study
Unstructured block ramps – River Kander / Simme case study
 

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