Responsible River Modelling Center
The Responsible River Modelling Center (RRMC) contributes to the synergy between the sustainable use of rivers and their protection. The center’s expertise are hydraulic modelling and the building of waterways. Maintaining and recreating functional riverscapes is at the forefront of RRMC’s activities. Benefiting from a range of state-of-the-art instruments, the RRMC is also a welcome partner in many international research projects such as DREAM (Danube River Research and Management).
At EQ, the RRMC uses the following instruments:
3D-LDA (Laser Doppler Anemometry) System
Low-speed PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) System
High-speed PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) System l
Acoustic SLD (Side Looking Doppler) System
Optical Turbidity Measurement System
Potential partner projects
Basic research:
- Water and air flows
- Linear, turbulent, shear, oscillating and swirling flows
- Sediment and suspended flows, bubble flows
- Sediment transport mechanics
- Environmental flows, flow mixing
Applied research:
- River modelling and integrated management
- Hydromorphology and morphodynamics, hydroecology, bed score and deposit, waves, ship flow, etc.
- Hydraulic engineering, hydrodynamic and aerodynamic modelling, flood protection
- Internal and open channel flows
- Steady and unsteady flows
- Periodic flows with triggered measurements (propellers and turbines, hydraulic oscillators, etc.)
- Multiphase flows (sand separators, air mixing, etc.)
- Low-speed and high-speed flows
- Velocity profiles, discharge, calibrations
- Object and surface measurements (photogrammetry, DIC)
- Hydropower turbines, pumps, sewage and water treatment plants
Fluid transportation, pipe systems, hydraulic valves, air ventilators, human flows