Protection of river and canal banks : a guide to selection and design
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Protection of river and canal banks : a guide to selection and design
（CIRIA water engineering report）
Construction Industry Research and Information Association , Butterworths, 1989
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Bibliography: p. 191-194
Includes index
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Description
This is the outcome of a CIRIA research project aimed at providing guidance on the selection and design of methods of bank protection on rivers, canals, navigable waterways and drains, with particular reference to UK practice. The project emphasized the range and scale of bank protection in the UK. Its specific objectives were to identify the processes of erosion, to review present design practice and to identify the engineering, economic and environmental parameters affecting the choice of protection methods in different locations. This report draws together information from a review of published technical literature, a questionnaire survey of engineers and site inspections and experience. The authors also held discussions with water authorities, government organizations, public authorities, private owners, consultants, contractors, manufacturers and research organizations.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: background
- scope of the guide
- types of protection
- use of the guide. Part 2 Processes of bank failure: channel and river morphology
- processes affecting surface erosion of banks
- processes affecting mass failure of banks. Part 3 Planning and preliminary design: site investigation and background studies
- selection of preliminary options
- determination of preferred method. Part 4 Preface to detailed design sections: detail design aspects common to all types of bank protection. Part 5 Natural bank protection: design approach
- use of live materials
- use of grass
- use of timber and woody material. Part 6 Vertical bank protection: gravity walls
- materials for gravity walls
- piling
- other retaining walls. Part 7 Revetments: components
- design approach
- design of armour layer
- design of underlayer
- rip-rap
- other stone revetments
- precast concrete blocks
- other concrete revetments
- geotextiles and geomembranes
- use of asphalt materials. Appendices: institutional framework to UK watercourses and waterways
- survey of present UK practice
- sources of information.
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