Alternative revetments

Summary of design methods for alternative revetments, such as interlock systems and block mats, gabions, concrete mattresses and geosystems, such as sandbags and sand sausages. This contribution aims at giving a summary of the increased knowledge, especially that concerning the design tools that have been made available.

Sea dikes northern part of Viet Nam (Red river dikes): Review

Inventory of the status of the sea dikes in the Red River Delta (northern Vietnam) partly as preparation for improvement works subsidized by the world food program.

Design of revetments

The use of revetments, such as riprap, blocks and block mats, various mattresses, and asphalt in civil engineering practice is very common. The granular filters, and more recently the geotextiles, are more or less standard components of the revetment structure (PIANC, 1987,1992). Within the scope of the research on the stability of open slope...