Valentin Heller
Dr. Valentin Heller
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Nottingham
The Coates Building
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)11 574 860 49
E-mail:
valentin.heller(at)nottingham.ac.ukPersonal URL:
link
Additional functions:
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Member of the Leadership Team of the Committee on Hydraulic Structures since 13.07.2021 (elected).
Key Publications of Valentin Heller (up to ten) :
Attili, T., Heller, V., Triantafyllou, S. (2023). Wave impact on rigid and flexible plates. Coastal Engineering 182, 104302 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104302).
Heller, V., Ruffini, G. (2023). A critical review about generic subaerial landslide-tsunami experiments and options for a needed step change. Earth-Science Reviews 242, 104459 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104459).
Catucci, D., Briganti, R., Heller, V. (2021). Numerical validation of novel scaling laws for air entrainment in water. Proceeding of the Royal Society A (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0339).
Kesseler, M., Heller, V., Turnbull, B. (2020). Grain Reynolds number scale effects in dry granular slides. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 125(1):1-19 (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019JF005347 dataset: https://zenodo.org/record/3608022#.Xh3yy-REwy9).
Heller, V., Chen, F., Brühl, M., Gabl, R., Chen, X., Wolters, G., Fuchs, H. (2019). Large-scale experiments into the tsunamigenic potential of different iceberg calving mechanisms. Scientific Reports 9, 861 (www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36634-3).
Ruffini, G., Heller, V., Briganti, R. (2019). Numerical modelling of landslide-tsunami propagation in a wide range of idealised water body geometries. Coastal Engineering 153, 103518 (https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1Zo6i1M2DV6Jso).
Heller, V., Bruggemann, M., Spinneken, J., Rogers, B. (2016). Composite modelling of subaerial landslide-tsunamis in different water body geometries and novel insight into slide and wave kinematics. Coastal Engineering 109(3), 20-41.
Chaplin, J.R., Heller, V., Farley, F.J.M., Hearn, G.E., Rainey, R.C.T. (2011). Laboratory testing the Anaconda. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 370, 403-424.
Heller, V. (2011). Scale effects in physical hydraulic engineering models. Journal of Hydraulic Research 49(3), 293-306.
Heller, V., Hager, W.H. (2010). Impulse product parameter in landslide generated impulse waves. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 136(3), 145-155.
Expertise of Valentin Heller:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Topic Cryosphere | Polar Ice Sheets/ Sea Ice |
| Spatial Zones | Coastal Zone |
| Open Ocean |
| Time Frame | Recent / Today |
| Future |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
| Literature Study |
| Modeling |
| GeoForum Geo-Technology | Rock and Soil Mechanics |
| Hydraulics and Hydromechanics |
Specialties of Valentin Heller:
Natural Hazards (Subaerial landslide generated impulse waves, Landslide-tsunamis, Effects of impulse waves in reservoirs); Hydraulic Structures (Scale effects, Ski jumps, Experimental modeling); Renewable Energy (Wave energy conversion, Distensible wave energy converters, Elements of hydropower plants); Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Last update: 11/22/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
Update the personal data for Valentin Heller
Go Back