The current summer brought extreme weather and flooding for many countries. Germany in particular, but also Austria and Slovakia were affected by destructive water masses. This is not an isolated event, as extreme weather events such as intense heat or heavy rain are becoming more frequent due to climate change. With every degree of warming, the air can absorb seven percent more water and also rain it down again. This will lead to more frequent flooding in the future. This makes it all the more important to start disaster prevention early enough.
The most effective tool in the fight against water masses are precautrionary measures: digital simulation of heavy rain and flood events is the best way to identify weak points. In the Interreg project "ProDaM - Protect Danube and Morava", the project partners Riocom, AFRY and VUVH implemented the 2D hydrodynamic modeling of the Morava and Danube basins on behalf of Viadonau, the Province of Lower Austria and the Slovak State Water Management Agency (SVP). This was the basis for the optimization of the joint flood protection system at the Austrian-Slovakian border waters March and Danube.
Based on a laser scan (1m x 1m) of the terrain, a digital twin of the region was created, which was used to run hydrodynamic numerical scenarios using the interactive simulation and visualization software Visdom developed by VRVis. Simulations of extreme overload events, such as a fictitious dam failure at the Slovak Morava flood control dam north of the village of Moravsky Sväti Jan, were also used to digitally test the stability of discharges set in the hinterland. The visualization of the discharge conditions provides an important basis for decisions on further protection measures.
The Raincloud project's goal is to optimize and extend the simulation software Visdom to tackle the increasing challenges in water planning and disaster management in the face of climate change.
The goal of HORA 3D is the development and maintenance of a publicly accessible web application for object-related visualization of the results of the HORA 3 research project.
Visdom's hydrodynamic simulations provide precise water level predictions at any point on a water surface in the "PegelAlarm" app.
For many years we have been dealing with all aspects of hydrodynamic modelling. With our software Visdom we can model different scenarios and also offer this as a service.
We create a digital twin of a community and simulate weather events to identify high-risk buildings and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
In the fight against heavy rain, the city of Cologne relies on precautionary measures with the help of software Visdom.
