The research projects that the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering is currently working on and has dealt with in the past can be viewed in the following overview and explained in more detail on separate pages.

The main research topics of the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering can be found under Tasks

Projects at the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering

Model tests for the culvert at the Ettlingen flood control reservoir

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Development of a modular fish transfer system based on the siphon principle

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Federwehr: Scientific monitoring at the weir Pouilly-sur-Meuse

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Potential assessment for hydrothermal heat supply in Marburg on the Lahn River

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Exploding dike: soil liquefaction studies

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Development of a modular spiral fish pass

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Use of lake heat in the “Wohnen am See” new construction quarter (Kastanienallee Darmstadt)

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Development of environmentally friendly methods to achieve sediment continuity.

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Development of a mobile micro hydropower converter for use in emerging and developing countries

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Development of a 3D fish tracking system and ethohydraulic analysis of trajectories using 3D HN simulations.

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Development of a combined measurement/modeling system for the planning, evaluation and optimization of fish passage facilities at hydropower plants.

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Development of a modular heat exchanger with combined hydropower generation for flowing waters (WärmeEnergieTauscher)

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Hydrodynamic investigation sand trap KA Chemnitz

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Overflow tests on a dike overgrown with grass

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Spring weir: increase of the damming target of a dynamic weir stand

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Physical studies on “Komani Spillway Tunnel Outlets”

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Physical studies on “Fierza Spillway Tunnel Outlets”

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Physical studies on “Mpatamanga Spillway and Energy Dissipater”

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Investigations into the flat screen bypass channel system

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Influence of light conditions on the efficiency of fishways at hydropower plants

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Ethohydraulic investigations for the functional verification of a newly developed fish lift system for the Ruhr barrage at Lake Baldeney

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Investigations on the orientation and search behavior of migrating fish to improve the dimensioning and arrangement of fish protection facilities in front of hydropower plants

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Ecosystem service mechanisms of hardwood riparian forests (MediAN)

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ADCP flow measurement at Neckargemünd hydropower station (Neckar)

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Cientific monitoring of the planning of a pilot fish ladder at the Wallstadt weir on the Main River

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Investigation of the flow conditions at the hydropower plant near Mainz-Kostheim

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Baseline studies on the effectiveness of float-in barriers

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Determination of the impoundment as a result of the installation of heat exchanger elements in the smelter trench

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Monitoring station at the Geesthacht fishway (intake funnel)

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Design of horizontal screens at hydropower facilities for downstream migration of salmon smolts and eels

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Elaboration and ethohydraulic evaluation of flow signatures at the hydropower plant Glüder

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Modeling of flow conditions at the Waldeck I pumped storage power plant

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