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Dr. Dieter Rickenmann - Personal Homepage
Education / Degrees Univ. Professor, Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences BOKU, Vienna, Austria Dr. sc. techn., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland (1991) Diploma degree in Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland (1984)
Research interests Sediment transport in mountain streams Hydraulics of mountain streams Debris flows Hazard assessment related to sediment transfer processes in mountain streams
Teaching ETH Zürich, Switzerland: Management of Hillslope and Channel Processes (Master course)
Projects and supervision of PhD theses Project "Evaluation of a sediment routing model in steep torrent channels" (Austrian Science Foundation, 2005 - 2008) Project "Analysis of runout prediction methods for debris flows" (Austrian Science Foundation, 2006 - 2009) Project "Long-term bedload monitoring" (supported by hydrologic experimental catchment research of WSL) Project "Bedload transport and roughness of Alpine mountain dtreams" (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, 2007 - 2011) Project "APUNCH - Hydrological extremes and sediment transport" (ETH Project "Climate change effects on sediment delivery to hydropower sites" (canton of Valais, 2009 - 2011) Project "Sediment transport in steep streams" (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2009 - 2011) Project "SEDRIVER – Effects of climate change on mountain streams" (Swiss National Science Foundation, NRP 61 programme, 2010 - 2013) Project “Sediment Transport in Mountain Streams during flood events” (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, 2011-2014) Project “Sediment Transport Measurements with Geophone Sensors” (Swiss National Science Foundation, 2012-2015). Selected publications For the complete list of publications from 1992 onwards, see here For electronic copies of papers you may send me an email with the paper title Rickenmann, D. (2012): Alluvial steep channels: flow resistance, bedload transport and transition to debris flows. In “Gravel Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environment”, edited by M. Church, P. Biron and A. Roy, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England, pp. 386-397. Nitsche, M., Rickenmann, D., Kirchner, J.W., Turowski, J.M., Badoux, A. (2012): Macro-roughness and variations in reach-averaged flow resistance in steep mountain streams, Water Resources Research, 48, W12518, doi: 10.1029/2012WR012091. Rickenmann, D., Turowski, J.M., Fritschi, B., Klaiber, A., Ludwig, A. (2012): Bedload transport measurements at the Erlenbach stream with geophones and automated basket samplers, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 37, 1000-1011, doi: 10.1002/esp.3225. Nitsche, M., Rickenmann, D., Turowski, J.M., Badoux, A., Kirchner, J.W. (2011): Evaluation of bedload transport predictions using flow resistance equations to account for macro-roughness in steep mountain streams. Water Resources Research, 47, W08513, doi:10.1029/2011WR010645. Turowski, J.M., Badoux, A., Rickenmann, D. (2011): Start and end of bedload transport in gravel-bed streams. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L04401, doi:10.1029/2010GL046558. Rickenmann, D., Recking, A. (2011): Evaluation of flow resistance equations using a large field data base. Water Resources Research. 47, W07538,doi:10.1029/2010WR009793. Rickenmann, D., Koschni, A. (2010): Sediment loads due to fluvial transport and debris flows during the 2005 flood events in Switzerland. Hydrological Processes, 24: 993–1007. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7536. Turowski, J.M., Rickenmann, D., Dadson, S.J. (2010): The partitioning of the total sediment load of a river into suspended load and bedload: a review of empirical data. Sedimentology, 57: 1126-1146. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.0140.x Scheidl, C., Rickenmann, D. (2009): Empirical prediction of debris-flow mobility and deposition on fans. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35: 157–173. doi:10.1002/esp.1897 Turowski, J.M., Yager, E.M., Badoux, A., Rickenmann, D., Molnar, P. (2009): The impact of exceptional events on erosion, bedload transport and channel stability in a step-pool channel, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34: 1661–1673. doi: 10.1002/esp.1855 Hürlimann, M., Rickenmann, D., Medinac, V., Bateman, A. (2008): Evaluation of approaches to calculate debris-flow parameters for hazard assessment. Engineering Geology, 102: 152–163. Badoux, A., Rickenmann, D. (2008): Berechnungen zum Geschiebetransport während der Hochwasser 1993 und 2000 im Wallis. Wasser Energie Luft, 100 (3): 217-226. Turowski, J.M., Badoux,
A., Rickenmann, D., Fritschi, B. (2008): Erfassung des Sedimenttransportes in
Wildbächen und Gebirgsflüssen – Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von Geophonmessanlagen.
Wasser Energie Luft, 100 (1): 69-74. Rickenmann, D.,
McArdell, B.W. (2008): Calibration measurements with piezoelectric bedload
impact sensors in the Pitzbach mountain stream. Geodinamica Acta, 21(1-2): 35-52. Rickenmann,
D., McArdell, B.W. (2007): Continuous measurement of sediment transport in the
Erlenbach stream using piezoelectric bedload impact sensors. Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms, 32: 1362–1378. Rickenmann, D., Chiari, M., Friedl, K. (2006): SETRAC – A sediment routing model for steep torrent channels. In R. Ferreira, E. Alves, J. Leal & A. Cardoso (eds), River Flow 2006, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 843-852. Rickenmann, D., Laigle, D., McArdell, B.W., Hübl. J. (2006): Comparison of 2D debris-flow simulation models with field events. Computational Geosciences, 10: 241–264, DOI: 10.1007/s10596-005-9021-3. Naef, D., Rickenmann, D., Rutschmann, P., McArdell, B.W. (2006): Comparison of flow resistance relations for debris flows using a one-dimensional finite element simulation model. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 6: 155-165. Rickenmann, D. (2005): Runout prediction methods. In: M. Jakob & O. Hungr (eds), Debris-Flow Hazards and Related Phenomena, pp. 263-282. Praxis-Springer, Heidelberg. Rickenmann, D., Weber, D., Stepanov, B. (2003): Erosion by debris flows in field and laboratory experiments. In D. Rickenmann & C.L. Chen (eds), “Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment“, Proceedings 3rd International DFHM Conference, Davos, Switzerland, September 10-12, 2003: 883-894. Rotterdam: Millpress. Rickenmann, D. (2001): Comparison of bed load transport in torrents and gravel bed streams. Water Resources Research, 37(12): 3295-3305. Rickenmann, D. (1999): Empirical relationships for debris flows. Natural Hazards, 19: 47-77. Rickenmann, D. (1997): Sediment transport in Swiss torrents. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 22: 937-951. Rickenmann, D., Zimmermann, M. (1993): The 1987 debris flows in Switzerland: documentation and analysis. Geomorphology, 8(2-3): 175-189. Rickenmann, D. (1991): Hyperconcentrated flow and sediment transport at steep slopes. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 117(11): 1419-1439. |