Print Email Facebook Twitter Wood as a scour protection Title Wood as a scour protection Author Beulink, Laurens (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering) Contributor Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (mentor) Verhagen, H.J. (mentor) Bricker, J.D. (mentor) Sieben, A (mentor) Dionisio Pires, LM (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineering | Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk Date 2018-04-11 Abstract In the light of the waterframework directive, the dutch organisation of rijkswaterstaat has decided to investigate the application of logs as a biological alternative for the protection and cover of both naturally developing scour holes. In this research a laboratory model was created that was designed to develop a scour hole by gradually contracting flow. Subsequent experiments with a cover of logs show mixed, but promising results where scour rates reduce up to 60% with respect to the baseline experiments. Subject woodScour ProtectionScalingExperimentsLogsWater framework directivehout in rivieren To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:56df5e60-5f38-4dca-8f2c-5e3b1e2ad0ea Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Laurens Beulink Files PDF Wood_as_a_Scour_protection.pdf 4.11 MB PDF Appendix.pdf 16.18 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:56df5e60-5f38-4dca-8f2c-5e3b1e2ad0ea/datastream/OBJ1/view