Print Email Facebook Twitter Grass cover as a dike revetment Title Grass cover as a dike revetment Author Muijs, J.A. Corporate name Rijkswaterstaat Project TAW/ENW Date 1999-02-09 Abstract A large part of the Netherlands’ dikes are covered with grass. Dikes with hard revetments also have grass cover on a significant part of the dike surface, such as the crown and inner slope. Research and experience since the mid-eighties have shown that grass coverings can be of high quality in terms of erosion resistance and encouragement of development of nature. This high quality can be achieved with suitable grassland management. Grass cover is a valuable type of revetment, just as cement blocks or asphalt. In fact, its strength can be even greater than some hard revetment types. This report gives the most important information about the behaviour, laying and maintenance of grass coverings and refers to specialized literature for details. Subject grass covered sloperevetment Classification TLJ700616 To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b9980a2a-adda-460b-a50e-ef383fd231c4 Publisher Rijkswaterstaat, DWW Source DWW report Part of collection Hydraulic Engineering Reports Document type report Rights © 1999 Rijkswaterstaat Files PDF GrassasDikeCover.pdf 1.9 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b9980a2a-adda-460b-a50e-ef383fd231c4/datastream/OBJ/view