Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
A real-time, automated SfM monitoring technique was adapted and tested on the Pont Bourquin landslide in Ormont-Dessus, Switzerland, and on a small scale model in the lab. The technique involved …
John Awad: Real-Time Automated SfM Monitoring for Landslides Read More
L’objectif général de ce travail est d’évaluer et d’estimer le danger lié aux chutes de blocs le long de la chaine entre le Pic Chaussy et La Pare, au-dessus du …
Adrien Jeannerat: Evaluation et analyse des dangers de chute de blocs entre le Pic Chaussy et La Pare (VD) Read More
The modeling of block falls in order to establish forecasts of their scope and magnitude has been evolving for several years, due to the use of new tools and methods …
Baptiste Englert: Reconstruction de trajectoires 3D et calcul de paramètres d’impact latéraux dans le contexte des chutes de pierres par une méthode de tracking et une expérience à petite échelle Read More
Superficial alteration of rocks caused by thermal stresses is often overlooked to the benefit of other mechanism such as frost shattering, rain or earthquakes. However its effect can be significant …
Vincent Regard: Synthesis and Exploration of Rock’s Alterations due to Thermal Stress Under the Read More
The aim of this thesis is to understand the behaviour of rock with regard to heat transfers between the rock face and its environment but also within the rock …
Léna Maillard: Les comportements d’une paroi rocheuse face aux changements thermiques journaliers Read More
Active mountain fronts are subject to large scale slope collapses which have the capacity to run long distances on piedmont areas. Over time, fluvial activity and other gravitatory processes can …
José Pullarello: First characterization of the “Rumi-Pana” rock avalanche deposits (Famatina Range, La Rioja, Argentina) Read More
First, the potential sources of rockfalls are detected. These locations are determined using the slope histogram method. Then, one passes to the analysis and classification of the discontinuities present in …
Aron Somazzi: Rockfall hazard and risk analysis in the Pichoux Gorges (Jura, Switzerland) Read More
Emmanuel Wyser Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Supervisor: MSc. Benjamin Rudaz Water erosion phenomenons are increasingly studied and understood but raindrop erosion is far more complex. Raindrop erosion includes subprocesses such as …
Emmanuel Wyser: Investigations phénoménologiques et numériques de l’impact de gouttes d’eau sur un milieu granulaire et du processus de diffusion Read More
Jaccaud Léonard Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff and Prof. Stefan Schmalholz The Kilchenstock peak is located in the Swiss Alps about 15 km south of the city Glarus. Many rockfalls from …
Jaccaud Léonard: Étude de l’instabilité rocheuse du Kilchenstock, Glaris (Suisse) Read More
Jean?Marie Vuignier Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Co?director: Dr. Ivanna Penna Experts: Prof. Stuart Lane, Dr. Karen Sudmeier?Rieux Natural and human-induced erosive processes shape landscape by transferring masses from the mountain to …
Jean?Marie Vuignier: Caractérisation de la source sédimentaire et estimation du budget sédimentaire dans le bassin versant de Jatún Mayu (Cochabamba, Bolivie) Read More
Zeynabou Sy Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Serigne Faye The Dakar region experiencing recurrent floods in the years 1989 to 2012. These recurrent flooding particularly affect the urban area of Pikine and …
Zeynabou Sy: Analyse de risques hydrologiques et modélisation de la nappe de Thiaroye (Dakar, Sénégal) Read More
David Médico Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Assistant: MSc. Antoine Guérin The winter 2011-2012, relatively rich in snow, was very marked in the spring by the avalanches of wet snow especially on the Swiss part …
David Médico: Caractérisation des avalanches de neige mouillée Read More