| Failure of Grass Cover Layers at Seaward and Shoreward Dike Slopes |
Acronym: EroGRASS
Period: 2008
Status: Completed
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| Institutes (6) |
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- The Danish Ministry of Transport and Energy; Danish Coastal Authority (KDI), more
- UNESCO; Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE), more
- University of Strathclyde, more
- Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), more
- Deltares, more
- University of Tallinn, more
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| Abstract |
Objective
The primary objective of the EroGRASS project is to perform large scale model tests to investigate in detail the erosion of a grassed clay dike cover due to (i) wave impact, (ii) wave run-up and run-down flow and (iii) wave overtopping.
Keywords: grass cover, dike, wave impact, wave overtopping, wave run-up, design |
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