How To Determine the Phreatic Surface in a Dike during Storm Conditions with Wave Overtopping: A Method Applied to the Afsluitdijk

The most famous dam of the Netherlands, the Afsluitdijk, is in need of renovation. Hydraulic conditions for the year 2050, for some aspects even 2100, must be considered during the renovation of the dam originally constructed 1927-1933. A combination of sea level rise due to climate change and a change in the applied statistical methods result...