Mitigation of long-term bed degradation in rivers: set-up of research

Sediment management measures are  becoming increasingly popular as they are  considered sustainable from both economic  and environmental point of view. For example,  aimed at counteracting river bed degradation,  sediment nourishments have been carried out  in the German reaches of the Rhine river while  a...

Causes of long-term bed degradation in rivers: Setup of research

The main objective of this research is to  improve our understanding of the relative  contribution of the causes of long-term bed  degradation in Rhine and other degrading  rivers. That is, the research is intended to  quantify past channel adjustment processes,  mainly bed degradation and bed surface  coarsening...

Impact of Weir Location on Discharge Partitioning in Longitudinal Training Walls