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Eemdijk test: dike with sheet piles has collapsed (in Dutch)!
The test dike with sheet piles collapsed on March 17 around 4 pm. The results of this trial will be used by all dike workers in the Netherlands for years to come. They can lead to a tightening of current calculation methods, so that lighter sheet piles can be used in dikes. That saves steel and therefore money. The next step is now: to start analyzing the data obtained through intensive monitoring in the dyke and on the sheet piles.
21/03/2018
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Joint HWBP and All-Risk effort to make maximum use of the results of the sheet pile test in Eemdijk
The paths of Matthijs Kok (program leader of All-Risk), Arny Lengkeek (advisor geotechnical engineering with 20 years of experience and PhD student in All-Risk at TU Delft) and Meindert Van (user in All-Risk and employed by Deltares) were joint by their interest into a sharper design of steel sheet piles for dike reinforcement. This blog reflects how the research into a large test data started, including some recommendations for future studies based on an informal talk between the three.
31/01/2021 by prof.dr.ir. Matthijs Kok
View detailsWhich of the major challenges in Houston could we tackle together with Dutch expertise?
27/09/2021 by prof.dr.ir. Matthijs Kok
Matthijs Kok (TUDelft) interviewed Dr Charlie Penland, principal at the engineering firm Walter P in Houston, with 21 USA and five international offices. Charlie's...
From working in exploration projects to playing in an orchestra: Tips for science-practice collaboration
04/03/2021 by Juliette Cortes Arevalo
Roula Dambrink and Maartje van Dijk, are the All-Risk former and current program officers from the Netherlands Organisation of scientific research (NWO). They both...
Joint HWBP and All-Risk effort to make maximum use of the results of the sheet pile test in Eemdijk
31/01/2021 by prof.dr.ir. Matthijs Kok
The paths of Matthijs Kok (program leader of All-Risk), Arny Lengkeek (advisor geotechnical engineering with 20 years of experience and PhD student in All-Risk...
Interview with Jan Hateboer (Fryslân water board): dike reinforcement requires area-based collaboration
28/01/2021 by Martijn van Staveren
Jan Hateboer (project manager at Fryslân water board) shares in an interview with Martijn van Staveren (All-Risk researcher) his experiences with the implementation of...
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NCR Lecture: A system perspective on flood defence reinforcement projects
Wouter Jan Klerk talked on the NCR December's lecture about the Dutch flood probability standards, and how he works to optimise the way we reach our risk-based target levels. In the dike reinforcement Streefkerk-Ameide-Fort Everdingen a method was developed and applied to optimize flood defence investments at a system level.
10/12/2020 by Wouter Jan Klerk
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Dijkwerkersdag 2022 - Towards Improved Flood Defences
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, the annual Dike Day will take place in theatre Spant! in Bussum. The research team of All-Risk will take this opportunity to present their e-book as input for the discussions and activities planned for this day.
13/10/2021
Reflection: Looking beyond reinforcement
Implementing large-scale infrastructure projects for flood risk management requires good collaboration between water authorities, municipalities, landowners and societal organisations.
27/05/2021
Reflection: Data-driven dike enforcements - Constructive feedback from new and historical sources
The technical assessment of dike reinforcement projects in the Netherlands is flooded with data. Before, during and after dike reinforcements, a lot of data is collected and stored. This webinar attempts to bridge the gap between conventional and new data sources by presenting new methods for improving dike safety through data and discussing the general use of different data sources.
02/06/2021
Reflection: Foreshores - useful for manageable flood safety or just beautiful nature?
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, salt marshes were mainly created for agriculture in the North of the Netherlands. More recently, we have reconsidered the value of these vegetated foreshores for flood safety.
04/10/2021
Reflection: Risk-based inspection and interactions between failure mechanisms
Safety standards of flood defences are based on probabilities of flooding. Using a variety of failure models and statistical methods, we try to assess these probabilities as good as possible, in order to take effective measures for flood risk reduction. The question is how well we actually have insight into the flooding probability, and whether we take all relevant factors into account.
14/06/2021
Reflection: Macro stability - better parameters or models or do we need to reinforce the dikes?
Macro instability of the inner slope is an important failure mechanism that has a large influence on the costs of dike reinforcements and their impacts on the landscape. There are various uncertainties considering the strength parameters and models. There seem to be various options when a dike does not meet the standards: better parameter estimation, better models, or realize a conservative and expansive reinforcement. Which options could we explore to deal with macro instability in an efficient manner?
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Your opinion matters to understand the governance of flood protection projects - Ongoing survey
Are you currently involved you in or have knowledge about one the projects of Dutch Flood Protection Program (HWBP in Dutch)? Then, you can support our researchers from the Law, governance and implementation theme in their survey study!
28/09/2020 by Emma Avoyan
View detailsCross-Project Macro Stability Exploration (in Dutch)
22/11/2021
Within the total tasking of the Flood Protection Programme, the failure mechanism macro stability is the most important cost item for dike sections that...
Eemdijk test: dike with sheet piles has collapsed (in Dutch)!
21/03/2018
The test dike with sheet piles collapsed on March 17 around 4 pm. The results of this trial will be used by all dike...
PhD Defence - Wave propagation over foreshores
03/11/2021 by Christopher H. Lashley
High water in Limburg during the summer 2021
11/10/2021 by prof.dr.ir. Bas Jonkman
Commissioned by the Dutch Expertise Network for Flood Protection (ENW), a broad consortium of knowledge institutions, led by Delft University of Technology and Deltares,...
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All-Risk newsletters
From now on until March 2022, the All-Risk newsletter will be published approximately every six months. Each newsletter will feature one of the five project themes to introduce you to the researchers and the partners who have so far benefited from All-Risk work.
25/06/2020 by Juliette Cortes Arevalo
View detailsDigital magazine of the Flood Protection Program
29/09/2020 by prof.dr.ir. Matthijs Kok
The Flood Protection Program (also known in Dutch as HWBP), an alliance of the 21 water regional authorities and the Dutch Ministry of Water...
All-Risk newsletters
25/06/2020 by Juliette Cortes Arevalo
From now on until March 2022, the All-Risk newsletter will be published approximately every six months. Each newsletter will feature one of the five...
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Modelling the waves forces on innovative covers for dikes
We developed a numerical model to investigate the usage of Grassblocks, which are placed underneath the grass cover to protect the dike against the wave forces once the grass is eroded.
01/09/2021 by Dr. Jord Warmink
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