Description of flood defence structures for pilot sites

This report describes individual flood defence structures of all pilot sites in FLOODsite. For each of the 10 pilot sites the following details are described: Ø the flood prone area Ø the failures observed in the past Ø an overview of all defence structures Ø the flood defence structures in detail together with their potential failure modesThe...

Hydraulic loading of flood defence structures

This report reviews previous investigations on hydraulic loading conditions for different types of flood defence structures such as sea dikes, dunes, beaches and seawalls. For each of these structures the physical processes involved are discussed in some detail and methods are given to either predict relevant input parameters for failure modes...

Breaching of coastal dikes: State of the art

Coastal dikes are used as defence structures against flooding in lowland areas and where high tidal ranges occur. The development of a breach induced by wave overtopping has been one of the most frequent causes of dike failure and it is closely related both to the dynamics of a protected coast and to the flood risk assessment and management. At...