Risk assessment for large engineered systems involving geotechnical uncertainties—such
as dams, coastal works, industrial facilities, and offshore structures—has matured in recent …

Multifunctional use of flood defences is seen as a promising solution for improving the
synergy between flood protection and urban development. Combining the functions can …

Backward erosion piping is an internal erosion process, which compromises the stability of
water retaining structures such as dams and levees. In this paper, we propose a numerical …

Flood defenses are crucial elements in flood risk mitigation in developed countries,
especially in deltaic areas. In the Netherlands, the VNK2 project is currently analyzing the …

The statistics course most of us took in college introduced a peculiar and narrow species of
the subject. Indeed, that species of statistics—usually called, Relative Frequentist theory—is …

In recent years, improvements to the design of earth structures to ensure soil robustness
against accidental disaster load conditions has gained considerable importance. In this …

Backward erosion piping (BEP) is a type of internal erosion that threatens the integrity of
dams and levees. BEP has been shown to be highly sensitive to spatial variations in soil …

Polders in the Netherlands are protected from flooding by flood defence systems along main
water bodies such as rivers, lakes or the sea. Inside polders, canal levees provide protection …

One of the most rapidly emerging measures in infrastructure asset management is Structural
Health Monitoring (SHM), which aims at reducing uncertainty in structural performance by …

Hindcasting of past levee failures enhances insights in the performance and vulnerability of
levees. The scarcity of field evidence makes identifying the cause (s) of failure difficult …