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

    Gouda CUR, The Netherlands