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Failure of Grass Cover Layers at Seaward and Shoreward Dike Slopes

Acronym: EroGRASS
Period: 2008
Status: Completed

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The Danish Ministry of Transport and Energy; Danish Coastal Authority (KDI), more

Abstract

Objective

The primary objective of the EroGRASS project is to perform large scale model tests to investigate in detail the erosion of a grassed clay dike cover due to (i) wave impact, (ii) wave run-up and run-down flow and (iii) wave overtopping.
Keywords: grass cover, dike, wave impact, wave overtopping, wave run-up, design

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THESEUS is funded by the European Commission within FP7-THEME 6 - Environment, including climate.
Grant 244104
1 December 2009 - 30 November 2013
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