Print Email Facebook Twitter Embedded structures in flood defenses Title Embedded structures in flood defenses: Effects on safety and failures Author Aguilar Lopez, J.P. (TU Delft Water Resources) Contributor Kothuis, Baukje (editor) Kok, Matthijs (editor) Date 2017 Abstract Flood defenses are exposed to deterioration processes that compromise their stability. These processes are called ‘failure mechanisms’ and they are mostly triggered and/or exacerbated by the hydraulic loads generated during extreme high water events, which are becoming more frequent due to climate change. Concepts such as the ‘Delta dike’ or the ‘Unbreachable dike’ have been developed in the Netherlands to deal with these failure mechanisms. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:173b704b-d3e8-47be-8553-7f35cf494a04 Publisher Delft University Publishers ISBN 978-94-6186-808-4 Source Integral Design of Multifunctional Flood Defenses: Multidisciplinary Approaches and Examples Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2017 J.P. Aguilar Lopez Files PDF Kothuis_Kok_2017_20.pdf 3.27 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:173b704b-d3e8-47be-8553-7f35cf494a04/datastream/OBJ/view