Geotextiles, one of the branches of technical textiles, are permeable textile materials or
fabrics used for various civil engineering and other geotechnical applications. Geotextiles …

Several rubble mound breakwaters (RMB) were damaged and even collapsed during the
past tsunamis. The main reasons for the failure of the breakwaters occurred due to the …

A comprehensive literature review on the material characteristics, design of size and shape,
application and management of artificial reef has been carried out. Multipurpose Artificial …

The coast of China is periodically impacted by tropical cyclones and storm surges, and has
experienced significant coastal erosion problems. Traditional “hard engineering” coastal …

Harnessing the advantages of geotextile sand containers (GSCs), numerous submerged
breakwaters and shoreline protection structures have been constructed worldwide. But an …

The objective of this paper is to formulate and validate an accurate MPM approach for the
numerical simulation of the large displacement of membranes containing soil. In the …

Göksu Delta, located in the south of Silifke County of Mersin on the coastal plain formed by
Göksu River, is one of the Specially Protected Areas in Turkey. Along the coastal area of the …

Laboratory experiments were performed in the wave flume of the Laboratorio di Idraulica e
Costruzioni Marittime of the Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy) to study the …

Increased coastal erosion rates have forced communities to rethink how to manage
vulnerable coastlines. In many locations there is a trend towards implementing temporary …

The numerical modelling of geotechnical applications is often related to the simulation of
large deformations and/or large displacements. On modelling these problems with a …