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Bijlsma, E. (author)Elastocoast is a new type of revetment system for use as a cover layer on dikes. It consists of granular material (rocks), which is fixed together with a two-component polyurethane adhesive. In the Elastocoast system each individual rock is covered with a thin film of polyurethane. When the adhesive is cured, this film fixes the rocks together...master thesis 2008
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Bijlsma, E. (author)In September 2007 two prototype pilot tests were constructed along the Dutch coast with an experimental, polymer based revetment. An area of 490 m2 was put on a dike slope in the Eastern-Scheldt basin, and another 385 m2 on the horizontal surface of a beach groyne near the Pettemer Zeewering along the North-Sea coast. The revetment consists of...master thesis 2008