Grass revetment reinforcements: A study into the effectiveness of measures applied during critical conditions.

Reinforcement measures are applied by water boards during critical conditions in an ultimate attempt to prevent flooding. However, the effect of these measures on the reduction in flood risk or failure probability of the flood defence is often unknown. This research focusses on the effectiveness of grass revetment reinforcement measures applied...

Reliability Analysis for the Flood Defence System along the Huangpu River, Shanghai

Shanghai, a metropolis in the east of China, is vulnerable to flooding, and numerous floods have happened along the Huangpu River which flows through the city. In order to protect the booming city and nearly 25 million civilians’ lives and properties, a quantity of flood defences have been built along the Huangpu River. Therefore, a trustworthy...

Bodemsprongen Pannerdensche Kop en IJsselkop: De 1-dimensionale lokale bodemligging bij splitsingspunten van rivieren

Ter vergroting van de afvoercapaciteit zullen er in de toekomst door aanleg van nevengeulen langs het rivierengebied nieuwe splitsingspunten ontstaan. Het is daarom belangrijk voldoende voorspellende kennis te hebben van het morfologisch gedrag van deze splitsingspunten. In deze studie staat het l-dimensionale gedrag van de lokale bodemligging t...

Morphological effects of spatially varying grain size and bed roughness in rivers

Many morphological models that are in use today, make use of spatially constant grain sizes and bed roughness. Application of this spatially constant grain size and bed roughness is not a correct representation of reality. When making use of actually measured grain sizes, the prediction of the morphological changes does not necessarily improve....