1st Edition

Sand Closures

Edited By CUR Copyright 1993
240 Pages
by CRC Press

240 Pages
by CRC Press

A report on the technique of sand closures, the knowledge of which has been considerably broadened due to measurement and research, particularly during the two most recent sand closures of the Eastern Scheldt compartmenting dams (1986-1987).

History; the design process; feasibility study of a sand closure; local boundary conditions; soil mechanical boundary conditions; methods of execution; the dam body; hydraulic boundary conditions; sand; progress and duration; risk analysis; measurements; organization.

Biography

CUR is a Dutch organisation for research and codes in the field of civil engineering (especially hydraulic and geotechnic engineering) and industrial and house building engineering. CUR co-ordinates joint projects of construction industry, contractors, engineering consultants, public authorities, research institutions and educational establishments. The results are transferred to the users by the publishing of reports, recommendations and codes and by organising courses.