Greening the dike revetment with historic sod transplantation technique in a living lab

Coastal flood managers seek to anticipate future flood risk and as a result consider the adaptation of flood defences. Instead of crest heightening, dikes can be adapted to include hydrodynamic reducing vegetated foreshores to form a nature-based hybrid flood defence, for instance; at managed realignments. In this study we investigated the...

Performance of flood defences in the Netherlands during the 2021 summer floods

During the July 2021 Flood, the main flood defences along the River Meuse in the Netherlands performed well and did not breach. This paper is meant to document the various incidents on the flood defence system. As such, it provides an overview and description of the reported incidents related to flood defences, including a few breaches in minor...

Overflow Tests on Grass-Covered Embankments at the Living Lab Hedwige-Prosperpolder: An Overview

In regions with a temperate climate, a well-maintained grass sod on a clay layer is considered a reliable protection for dams and dikes. In the Living Lab Hedwige-Prosperpolder, on the left bank of the Scheldt river straddling the border between Belgium and the Netherlands, a series of 27 overflow tests with a purpose-built overflow generator...

Increased physical activity severely induces osteoarthritic changes in knee joints with papain induced sulfate-glycosaminoglycan depleted cartilage

Introduction Articular cartilage needs sulfated-glycosaminoglycans (sGAGs) to withstand high pressures while mechanically loaded. Chondrocyte sGAG synthesis is regulated by exposure to compressive forces. Moderate physical exercise is known to improve cartilage sGAG content and might protect against osteoarthritis (OA). This study investigated...

Applicability of the fracture flow interface to the analysis of piping in granular material (abstract)

Bergambacht field test evaluation

Overloop- en bresgroeiproef Proefvak Bergambacht

Numerical Analysis of Soft Soil Tunnelling

Monitoringsfilosofie HerMes: Waarom, wat, waar, wanneer en in welke mate meten & verwerken

Optimalisatie dijkontwerp: Heterogeniteitsaspecten ondergrond; case Dijkambacht - analyses dijkontwerp

Monitoringsfilosofie: Toepassing op de macrostabiliteitsproef in het Proefvak Actuele Sterkte

Laboratoriumonderzoek gerelateerd aan de ophoging met EPS in de 1e Barendrechtseweg

Monitoringsfilosofie: Toepassing op referentiebaan No-Recess