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Boon, Casper (author)Wave overtopping, in which a wave washes over the crest of a dike and damages its inner slope, is one of the many mechanisms that is found to be responsible for dike failures. As these dikes are generally covered with grass, insight into the erosion resistance of these grass covers against wave overtopping is desired. To assess the performance...master thesis 2022
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Koelewijn, André R. (author), Rikkert, S.J.H. (author), Peeters, P. (author), Depreiter, Davy (author), van Damme, Myron (author), Zomer, Wouter (author)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...journal article 2022
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Giannelli, D. (author), León Sánchez, C.A. (author), Agugiaro, G. (author)In this paper, five commonly used software tools to estimate solar radiation in the urban context (GRASS GIS, ArcGIS, SimStadt, CitySim and Ladybug) are run on the same test site and are compared in terms of input data requirements, usability, and accuracy of the results. Spatial and weather data have been collected for an area located in the...journal article 2022
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van Dijk, Peter (author)Large areas of the world are protected by flood defence systems. A common part of flood defence systems is a levee with grass cover, with the primary function to protect hinterland against floods. Waveovertopping might lead to erosion of the grass cover, followed by erosion of the inner slope and potentially levee breaching. The wave overtopping...master thesis 2021
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Zwetsloot, Romy (author)The company Vibers makes bioplastic from elephant grass, which has a positive effect on the environment. The crop grows perfectly on the Dutch soils, so the material is locally attuned. There are low fertilizer and pesticide requirements, which makes the crop relatively environmentally friendly (Lewandowski, Clifton-Brown, Scurlock & Huisman...master thesis 2020
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Wegman, Rik (author)Wave overtopping is responsible for many dike failures, dike breaches and severe flooding. The erosion resistance of dikes to overtopping waves is determined by the strength of the grass cover. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the erosion resistance of grass covers is desired to enable a good and effective dike management. In the existing...master thesis 2020
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Radityo Andjaringrat Adhi, Theo (author)Maturity model has proven to be helpful for an organization to identify its current capability, strength, and weaknesses through maturity levels. These levels are used to rank the various dimension or process of an organization. However, maturity levels only describe a general description of organization capability. The effect of different...master thesis 2019
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Radityo Andjaringrat Adhi, Theo (author)Maturity model is widely known as an assessment tool to understand an organization management capabilities and identifying potential improvement. The model demonstrates informative results towards the organization management maturity but hard to acknowledge the influence of potential improvement towards the organization’s asset performance....master thesis 2019
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- Oosterlo, P. (author), Hofland, B. (author), van der Meer, J.W. (author), Overduin, Maarten (author), Steendam, Gosse Jan (author), Nieuwenhuis, Jan-Willem (author), van Vledder, G.P. (author), Steetzel, Henk (author), Reneerkens, Michiel (author) abstract 2019
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Oosterlo, P. (author), Hofland, B. (author), van der Meer, J.W. (author), Overduin, Maarten (author), Steendam, Gosse Jan (author), Nieuwenhuis, Jan-Willem (author), van Vledder, G.P. (author), Steetzel, Henk (author), Reneerkens, Michiel (author)Wave overtopping is commonly measured using overtopping tanks. In this paper, an alternative system is developed by using two laser scanners. It measures wave run-up, as well as layer thicknesses and front velocities, both during normally and obliquely incident waves on a dike in the field. The paper considers the first field validation tests...conference paper 2019
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Ponsioen, Luc (author), van Damme, M. (author), Hofland, B. (author), Peeters, Patrik (author)A high quality safety assessment of levee systems requires a good prediction of when the grass cover of levees fail. Current methods relate the onset of failure to the peak in momentum or energy of the flow, instead of the peak in momentum transfer or energy transfer to the grass cover. The critical velocity necessary in the current methods...journal article 2019
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van Rinsum, Guido (author)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...master thesis 2018
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Ouillon, S. (author), Dibb, S. (author), Peck, David (author)One of the points of agreement emerging from international environmental policy debates is that people’s choices, behaviors and lifestyles will play a vital role in achieving sustainable development (Biwei, 2012; Fleischmann, 2016). There is strong evidence of the importance of a working Circular Economy (CE) to address sustainability challenges...conference paper 2017
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Le, H.T. (author), Verhagen, H.J. (author), Vrijling, J.K. (author)Grass covers have been applied as an effective measure for protecting river levees and sea dikes. We conducted experiments to show how roots considerably improve the shear strength of soil on dike slopes. Roots of 1-year-old Bermuda and Carpet grass may increase the total shear strength of up to 20 kPa. Exposed to severe overtopping flow, dike...journal article 2016
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Van Rooijen, A.A. (author), Van Thiel de Vries, J.S.M. (author), McCall, R.T. (author), Van Dongeren, A.R. (author), Roelvink, J.A. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author)Over the past decades the effect of vegetation (e.g. kelp, mangroves, sea grass) on nearshore coastal processes has received more and more attention. In recent years several numerical wave models have been extended to include this effect. In the current study, the numerical storm impact model XBeach was extended with formulations found in...conference paper 2015
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Van Steeg, P. (author), Labruijere, A. (author), Mom, R. (author)The stability of grass covered slopes on primary flood defences under wave attack is an important aspect with respect to the strength of the entire dike. In a grass slope many transitions to objects (poles, stairs, fences, buildings et cetera) or other revetments (concrete, asphalt, placed block revetment) can be present. This can potentially...report 2015
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Bijlard, R.W. (author)There is a shift in the approach for designing coastal structures. In the past, dikes were designed on the probability of exceedance of an incoming wave during storm conditions. In the near future, the design criteria will be the probability of flooding of the hinterland. In order to determine this flooding probability, the strength of the dike...master thesis 2015
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Trung, L.H. (author), Van der Meer, J.W. (author), Verhagen, H.J. (author)Little is known about the strength of the land-side slopes of the Vietnamese sea dikes under overtopping attack. Some grass-covered slopes were tested by a wave overtopping simulator. The paper describes the simulator and presents the test results. The tested grass covers could withstand overtopping rates varying from 20 l/s to 100 l/s per meter...journal article 2014
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De Booij, T. (author)In this project a grass refinery process line is designed for producing grass fibers and juice that are suitable for cardboard, fuel pellets and animal feed production. A washing machine is designed for an essential processing step, cleaning the grass.master thesis 2014
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Pen, M.J. (author)This master thesis covers the development of a grass collection system and grass catcher for Skil Urban Trimmer. The number of people that live in an urban environment is rapidly increasing. A result of this urbanization is the growing demand for products that are specialized for urban needs. This demand has driven Skil to launch the urban...master thesis 2014