Grass cover layer failure on the inner slope of dikes

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2857-2869

  Young, Martin J ^a   Hassan, Randa M ^b  

^a Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LEVEES;

COMPOSITE ACTION; EROSION MODELING; HIGH-VELOCITY FLOWS; RELIABILITY FUNCTIONS; SHORT DURATIONS; SLIDING MECHANISM; STEEP SLOPE; WAVE OVERTOPPINGS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 84873054254     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812709554_0241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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