Abstract: Reservoir sedimentation hinders the operation of the Lavey run-of-river hydropower plant (HPP) on the Rhone River in Switzerland. Deposits upstream of the gated weir and the lateral water intake reduce the flood release ...

Abstract: Transport of suspended sediment between the two reservoirs of a pumped-storage plant in Switzerland was monitored over an 8-month period. A turbidity probe was installed on the upstream end of the pressure shaft, in which ...

Abstract: This paper presents several new results in the studies of the fictitious‐crack model. First, an engineering version of the stability theory of the fictitious‐crack model is presented in the framework of the finite element ...