Heavy rainfall- and flood-related damages to federal highways – Damage analysis and establishment of cause-effect mechanisms
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Short description
Motivation
The Germany's transport infrastructure is of vital importance to the country's economy. This applies in particular to the road infrastructure. The maintenance and expansion of the road network, especially the federal roads, will confront the Federal Republic of Germany with enormous challenges in the coming years. Especially the increasing weather-related natural disasters as a result of heavy rainfall and flash floods, floods, droughts, heat and storms are concerning.
Objectives and methodology
In order to meet the need to provide a climate-resilient transport infrastructure, the research project initially set itself the goal of analysing damage caused to federal trunk roads in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate as a result of the flood disaster in July 2021 and providing initial recommendations for action for climate-adapted construction methods.
To this end, the first step was to collect and review available documents on the damage identified, such as reports, images or similar. The individual damage cases were then documented and classified. From the entirety of cases, five distinct damage cases were selected for a differentiated analysis and assessment in consultation with the contractor. The data basis for the five cases of damage was then supplemented by environmental and event data. Using all available information, finite volume and finite element models were then established to perform 3D-hydronumerical and structural-mechanical calculations based on the anticipated load of the extreme events.
Based on the results of the numerical calculations and additionally obtained factors based on the available dataset, cause-and-effect mechanisms were derived for each of the five distinct dam-age cases.
Finally, recommendations for action and measures were provided and discussed, to ensure a climate-resilient transport infrastructure.
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Project data
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Core information |
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Time period |
01/03/2023- 30/08/2024 |
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Type of funding |
Third-party |
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Fundgiver |
Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) |
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TUD Research Priority Areas (RPAs) |
Energy, Mobility and Environment > Water Research |
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
SDG 6 - Clean water and sanitation SDG 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG 11 - Sustainable cities and communities SDG 13 - Climate action SDG 17 - Partnerships for the goals |
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Keywords |
Climate resilience, transport infrastructure, extreme weather events, cause-effect mechanisms |
Project management
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Dr.-Ing. habil. Sabine Leischner
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Professor
NameMr Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Stamm
Chair Hydraulic Engineering, Dean Faculty Civil Engineering
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Project management
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Research Associate (Alumni)
NameMr Dr.-Ing. Rocco Zimmermann
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Research Associate
NameMr Dr.-Ing. Ulf Helbig
Head of Hubert Engels Laboratory
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Research Associate
NameMr Dipl.-Ing. Márcio Salgueiro Roth
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Research Associate
NameMs Alejandra Gabriela Orozco Nande M.Sc.
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Chair of Hydraulic Engineering Secretariat
Besucheradresse:
Haus 116, Raum 04-10 August-Bebel-Straße 30
01219 Dresden
Deutschland
Project partners
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Institute of Urban and Pavement Engineering (ISS), TUD |
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Publications
Currently no publications available.
Further information
Emergency action plan "Flood, heavy rain and temperature events" (file available in the folder).
Funding
The research project FE 04.0349/2022/MRB is funded by the Federal Highway Research Institute on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport Affairs. The responsibility for the content lies solely with the author.
