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van der Krogt, M.G. (author)Dikes are crucial for the protection against floods. One of the ways in which dikes can fail is by the instability of the inner slope. Credible probabilities of failure for slope stability are essential for the safety assessment of existing dikes and the design of dike reinforcements. This dissertation focuses on improving failure probability...doctoral thesis 2022
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Without our dikes and dunes, 60% of the Netherlands would flood on a regular basis. This area is home to 9 million people. The latest<br/>report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, February 2022) underlines the importance of reinforcing water safety. Sea levels are rising and extreme weather is becoming increasingly common....book 2022
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Lashley, Christopher H. (author)Coastal communities across the globe are often protected by structures, such as seawalls, levees or dikes, which allow only a safe volume of water to pass over or “overtop” them due to wave action during storms. The area seaward of these structures is often characterised by shallow, gently sloping beds referred to as foreshores.<br/>As storm...doctoral thesis 2021
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Pol, J.C. (author), van Beek, Vera (author), Kanning, W. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author)Backward erosion piping is an important failure mode of dikes and dams. The time required for the backward erosion process to result in dike failure is expected to be an important factor in the safety of dikes. This holds especially in coastal and estuarine areas which are dominated by storm surge, and pipes may not fully develop during a storm....conference paper 2019
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Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author), Voortman, H.G. (author), Klerk, W.J. (author), van Vuren, S. (author)This article highlights recent developments in flood risk management in the Netherlands and presents approaches for reliability analysis and asset management for flood defences and hydraulic infrastructure. The functioning of this infrastructure is of great importance for the country as large parts of it are prone to flooding. Based on a...journal article 2018
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Koelewijn, A.R. (author), Bridle, R. (author)Dams and dikes are both water-retaining earth embankments. These are vulnerable to internal erosion but specific differences lead to varying vulnerabilities to different types of internal erosion: • Dams are usually zoned, with potential filtering capability to arrest piping if it is initiated, while dikes are more commonly unzoned and incapable...conference paper 2017
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Verhagen, H.J. (author)An overview of the upgrade of the railroad dike in Vlaardingen to a full sea defence, creating in this way a multifunctional flood defence.report 2016
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Halter, W.R. (author)Many governments want to realize wind power, because it is a technology that promotes sustainable energy. That is why there is need for locations for wind farms (groups of wind turbines). Dikes are good locations for wind farms, because of favourable wind conditions, the absence of cultivation and the presence of road infrastructure. However,...conference paper 2015
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Wojciechowska, K. (author), Pleijter, G. (author), Zethof, M. (author), Havinga, F.J. (author), Van Haaren, D.H. (author), Ter Horst, W.L.A. (author)The aim of this article is to present and discuss fragility curves that were derived for numerous dikes in the Netherlands within the Dike Data Service Centre (DDSC) initiative. A fragility curve of a dike is a mapping from the set of loads, acting on the dike, to the set of conditional dike failure probabilities. The DDSC is a platform around a...conference paper 2015
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Tettero, M. (author)The Netherlands is not well protected against flooding and limited budget it available for improvements. Therefore, this research investigates in what way the cost-effectiveness of Dutch flood protection can be improved with the use of multifunctional unbreachable dykes. The multifunctional unbreachable dyke, a dyke combined with additional user...report 2013
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Verheij, H.J. (author), Hoffmans, G. (author), Hardeman, B. (author), Paulissen, M. (author)Destructive wave overtopping tests have been performed at more than 20 dike sections in the Netherlands using the Wave Overtopping Simulator to simulate the overtopping waves. The tests show the combined behaviour of turf and substrate up to mean wave overtopping discharges of 75 ?/s per m, meaning wave volumes up to 5,500 ?/m with flow...conference paper 2012
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Van Esch, J. (author)This report assesses the consequences of droughts and periods of heavy precipitation for embankments. The proposed assessment procedure couples an agro-meteorological model based on the Penmann-Monteith expression to a groundwater flow model based on Dupuit's approximation. This approach is justified by the fact that the flow process through the...report 2012
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Steendam, G.J. (author), Hoffmans, G. (author), Bakker, J. (author), Van der Meer, J.W. (author), Frissel, J. (author), Paulissen, M. (author), Verheij, H.J. (author)Overview of overtopping with focus on river dikes. Realtin with sod density.report 2012
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Van der Meer, J.W. (author), Hardeman, B. (author), Steendam, G.J. (author), Schüttrumpf, H. (author), Verheij, H.J. (author)Wave overtopping discharges at coastal structures are well described in the EurOtop Manual (2007), including the distribution of overtopping wave volumes. Each volume that overtops a dike or levee will have a certain flow velocity and depth record in time, often given by the maximum velocity and flow depth. This paper describes some further...conference paper 2011
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Gier, F. (author), Mönnich, J. (author), Schüttrumpf, H. (author), Van der Meer, J.W. (author)Revetments protect the shorelines of coasts, estuaries and rivers against wind wave, ship wave, current and ice attack. The resistance of revetments essentially depends on the properties of the cover layer. The resistance of interlocked pattern placed revetments depends on the weight of the individual stones and the interlocking. Extensive large...report 2011
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Gier, F. (author), Schüttrumpf, H. (author)Während des Versuchszeitraums wurden vier verschiedene Modellphasen durchgeführt. Die Modellphasen 1 bis 3 variiteren nur bezüglich der zum Einsatz kommenden Verkalit-Deckwerksteine. Der unterliegende Deckwerksaufbau hingegen stellte mit der Schichtenabfolge Sand, Kornfilter, Geotextil einen nach den Regeln der Technik anerkannten...report 2011
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Hughes, S.A. (author)This report is a compilation of facts and information that summarizes the present state of knowledge related to wave attack on the flood side of earthen levees. Particular emphasis was placed on the need for providing flood-side armoring (beyond the protection afforded by grass) for the New Orleans Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System ...report 2010
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Hillen, M.M. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Kanning, W. (author), Kok, M. (author), Geldenhuys, M.A. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)This study is part of a global study on the costs of adaptation to the effects of climate change. It adds information from three specific case studies (the Netherland, New Orleans and Vietnam) to the global study. The case study areas are comparable by type of coast; all are low-lying deltaic coastal areas. This study investigates the unit cost...report 2010
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Anonymus, A. (author)Na 75 jaar is de Afsluitdijk toe aan en flinke opknapbeurt, concludeert het kabinet in de Watervisie uit 2007. Het kabinet wil weten of er, als er dan toch opgeknapt moet worden niet méér kan. Of een betere veiligheid te combineren valt met bijvoorbeeld natuur, duurzaam opwekken van energie of betere verbindingen voor wegverkeer en scheepvaart....report 2009