Levee failure due to piping: A full-scale experiment

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 210 GSP, 2010, Pages 283-292

  Van Beek, V M ^a,b   De Bruijn, H T J ^a   Knoeff, J G ^a   Bezuijen, A ^a,b   Forster U ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION MODELS; DEFORMATION AND FAILURES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FULL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SAND TRANSPORT; WATER RETAINING STRUCTURES;

EROSION; EXPERIMENTS; LEVEES; RIVERS; SEEPAGE;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84890914448     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41147(392)27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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