Delta flume trial#
Delta flume series#

At the end of the promenade buildings or storm walls are constructed. Research Institute for Water and Environment (fwu), University of Siegen, Paul-Bonatz-Straße 9-11, 57076 Siegen, GermanyĮngineering Research Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1320 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, CO 80523-1320 Fort Collins, USAĭeltares, BoussinesqHV Delft, The NetherlandsĬoasts of low lying countries are often comprised of a gentle foreshore and shallow waters, followed by a dike and a promenade. RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 17, 52056 Aache, Germany Bucci 1, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende CS, Italy University of Calabria, Department of Civil Engineering, Via P. University of L'Aquila, Department of Civil Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering, via Giovanni Gronchi 18, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyīRGM, Univerité de Montpellier, 1039 Rue de Pinville, 34000 Montpellier, France Technical University of Bari, Department of Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering and Chemistry, E. HaskoningDHV Nederland B.V, George Hintzenweg 85, 3068AX Rotterdam, The Netherlandsįaculty of Hydraulic Engineering, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Hristo Smirnenski 1 Boulevard, 1046 Sofia, Bulgariaįlanders Hydraulics Research, Berchemlei 115, 2140 Antwerp, Belgiumĭipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy Maritime Engineering Laboratory, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, carreer Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spainĭelft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Hydraulic Engineering Department, StevinCN Delft, Postbox 5048, The Netherlands

Delta flume series#

The Flood Protection Program is the main funder on the research.The experiments in the Delta Flume run in parallel to a series of small-scale geotechnical experiments, model simulations and the construction of a small test dyke in the field near one of the Clay Ripener.Ghent University, Department of Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Bridges and Roads, Technologiepark 60, B-9052 Gent, Belgium Advice is provided by the Clay Ripener project group led by the Province of Groningen, the workgroup for dyke improvement with locally sourced clay (POV-DGG), and Wetterskip Fryslân. This project is a collaboration between the Water authority Hunze en Aa’s and EcoShape partners Deltares, van Oord and Boskalis. If we can construct some of the dikes with locally extracted clay from sludge, it will make a huge difference in costs, in environmental impact and in nuisance caused by transport of clay from afar”. Erik Wagener, director of the Flood Protection Program: “We are working in a unique collaboration between the government and the 21 water boards on the largest dyke improvement operation since the Delta Works: the reinforcement of at least 1,300 kilometers of dyke and 500 locks and pumping stations.

Delta flume trial#

If the trial is successful, it will be of great benefit to the total dyke reinforcement task for the rest of the Netherlands. The entire study will be completed in 2022. The results will also increase the predictability and applicability of locally extracted dyke material in the Netherlands and abroad. With the results from this trial, the water authority can improve the design of the Broad Green Dyke, assuring its safety. It is further reinforced with clay obtained by ripening salty dredge sediments in only three years. The Broad Green Dike is a dyke with a gentler slope than standard dykes. Water authority Hunze en Aa’s intends to beneficially use this clay to strengthen the seawall in the North of the Netherlands near the German border into a so-called Broad Green Dyke, contributing to key societal ambitions such as flood safety, climate adaptation, circularity and water quality. The tests are part of an extensive study to verify the safety of a dyke reinforced with clay ripened from locally available salty dredge sediment.