Resilience to flooding: Draft building code

A significant issue associated Flood Defence Systems (FDS) is the difficulty of predicting how these structures will behave when inevitably they have been loaded beyond their designed capacity by a flood. The flood can cause these structures to fail catastrophically with loss of life and substantial damage to property. For a limited incremental...

Reliability of quay walls using finite element analysiscalibration of partial safety factors in quay wall design by probabilistic plaxis calculations

During the last two years, CUR committee 183 has worked on the upgrade of the Dutch Quay Walls handbook (CUR 211), which is to be published in 2013. Two of the main elements that are considered in this new edition are the addition of Finite Element analysis (FEM) as a method for design, comparable to the description in the Handbook Sheet-Pile...

The feasibility of removable prefab diaphragm walls

A diaphragm wall is a cast in-situ reinforced concrete retaining wall applied in, among others, quay walls. The main advantages of this type of retaining wall are that it can be made in almost every preferred length and that it can resist high structural loads. However, there are several disadvantages: sufficient concrete cover on the...

A comparison of a 3 dimensional probabilistic method of berthing structure design and the traditional method of a berthing structure design

Finite element method (FEM) is increasingly applied as a first choice tool for designing structures. The same trend is seen in probabilistic designing. Consequently, the application of the combination of these two methods is discussed in this paper.In this study the presence of potential overcapacity in a structure has been studied. As an...

Recommendations for assessing and upgrading old urban quay walls

Upgrading techniques for quay walls

Cost of quay walls including life cycle aspects

Port authories and other organisations involved in designing and building of port infrastructure are at first glance interested in predicting adequatly the expected costs. This paper discusses the costs development of quay walls versus time. The basis for the costs development of quay walls is discussed on the basis of two methods. The MTI...

Cost of quay walls

Comparison of infrastructure designs for quay wall and small bridges in concrete, steel, wood and composites with regard to the co2-emission and the life cycle analysis

This paper describes quay wall and bridge designs in different materials, which are compared with regard the the CO2-emission and the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). For this study the requirements and boundary conditions from the Euromax Terminal quay wall, in the Port of Rotterdam, have been used. The preliminary designs of the quay wall (made...

Research into the causes of the measured displacements of a quay wall

In this paper, an investigation into the causes of measured deformations of a quay wall in the Port of Rotterdam is described. Measurements show that horizontal displacements of the combi wall in seaward direction, increasing nonlinearly in time. This trend was the reason for an investigation into all possible causes of the horizontal...

Comparison of quay wall designs in concrete, steel, woord and composites with regard to the co2-emission and the life cycle analysis

In this paper quay wall designs in different materials are compared with regard to the CO2-emission and the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). For this study the requirements and boundary conditions of the quay wall in the Euromax Terminal, the Port of Rotterdam, have been used. An overview of preliminary designs of the tender phase with a concrete...

A History of Quay Walls: Techniques, types, costs and future

Reliability analysis of a hydraulic fill with respect to liquefaction and breaching

A recently reclaimed site in the Port of Rotterdam will serve as location and foundation of an LNG terminal. LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) is recognized as hazardous material and underlies strict safety requirements. As part of the safety assessment of the entire installation, a specific analysis had to be carried out concerning the geotechnical...

Meetresultaten “extra proef” Kunststof GC-elementen: Stabiliteit, soortelijk gewicht en elasticiteit

Dit rapport is een aanvulling op het eindverslag van het onderzoek naar het gedrag van kunststof GC elementen voor oever- en bodembescherming. Conclusies van dat (schaal-) onderzoek waren dat een structuur van GC elementen verrassend sterke hydraulische eigenschappen bezit en daarmee interessant is als erosiebeschermer bij bodem en...

Meetresultaten Kunststof GC-elementen: Project C2: Oever- en Bodembescherming met GC

Anome BV en het Innovatie Test Centrum van Rijkswaterstaat-DWW zijn samen met verschillende partners aan het onderzoeken in hoeverre Ground Consolidators (GC’s) interessant zouden kunnen zijn voor gebruik in Oever- en bodembescherming. De eerste fase van het onderzoek is afgerond en er is besloten om verdergaand onderzoek te doen. In verband met...

Meetresultaten Kunststof GC-elementen: Versie 4

Anome BV en het Innovatie Test Centrum van Rijkswaterstaat-DWW zijn samen met verschillende partners aan het onderzoeken in hoeverre Ground Consilidators (GC’s) interessant zouden kunnen zijn voor gebruik in Oever- en bodembescherming. De eerste fase van het onderzoek is afgerond en er is besloten om verdergaand onderzoek te doen. In verband met...

Oever- en Bodembescherming met Ground Consolidators: Eindrapport Bureaustudie, project C1

Het innovatie Test Centrum (ITC) van de Dienst Weg en Waterbouw van Rijkswaterstaat en Anome BV hebben een samenwerkingsovereenkomst gesloten om te onderzoeken in hoeverre Ground Consolidators interessant zouden kunnen zijn voor gebruik in Oeveren bodembescherming. Binnen deze overeenkomst is geregeld dat het ITC de helft van de onderzoekskosten...

Quick Scan: Gebruik van GC als stromingsremmer

Om in een quick scan een idee te krijgen inzake de werking van de Anome Ground Consolidator zijn een aantal simpele proeven in een goot van de Faculteit CiTG van de TU Delft uitgevoerd. Er zijn testen gedaan op een vlakke bodem (A) en op een talud (B), als schaalmodel, in de stromings/ golfgoot aan de TU Delft, afd. Hydraulic Engineering. Bij A...