Probabilistic design and risk analysis for the Duong river dike in the Red River delta in Vietnam

Traditionally, the design of sea and river dikes in Vietnam is primarily based on a water level with a particular frequency of being exceeded. The frequencies of exceedence of design levels and governing discharge are widely regarded as constituting a standard for the safety of the region protected by the dikes and are interpreted in terms of...

Improvement of slope stability of dikes by application of geotextile or geogrid materials

The low-lying countries as The Netherlands are strongly dependent on good (safe) river and seadefences. Driven by the necessity to withstand the water, during centuries the engineers built up their knowledge on hydraulic engineering, and particularly on constructing of dikes and proteetion measures. The design of these dikes has been carried out...