A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON BREACH GROWTH IN SAND-DIKES
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Keywords

dike
sand dike
field experiment
beach growth

How to Cite

Visser, P., Vrijling, J., & Verhagen, H. (1990). A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON BREACH GROWTH IN SAND-DIKES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(22). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v22.%p

Abstract

The set-up and results of a field experiment on sand-dike breach erosion are described. It is found that the breaching process for the 2.2 m high sand-dike is similar to that in Visser's (1988) laboratory experiments with a 0.6 m high sand-dike. Confrontation of Visser's (1988) breach erosion model with the field data shows reasonable agreement for the first stages of the breaching process. As yet the model is not applicable to the final phase of the sand-dike breach erosion. If applied then it would fairly overestimate the breach growth in this final stage.
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