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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC201 - DYKES AND LEVEES
GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DYKES AND LEVEES,
SHORE PROTECTION AND LAND RECLAMATION
Geotechnical Aspects of Dykes and Levees, Shore Protec-
tion and Land Reclamation - Newsletter April 2011
This is the first newsletter of the ISSMGE Technical Commit-
tee 201: geotechnical aspects of dykes and levees, shore protec-
tion and land reclamation. The intention of the newsletter is to
keep all members informed on coming activities of our TC.
Hopefully, this newsletter helps to improve the interaction and
cooperation between the TC members.
This edition is focused on the meetings we are planning, Delft
May 23rd 2011, Rostock May 31st 2012 and Paris September 1st
2013. Besides the meetings we would like to draw your atten-
tion to the table in section 6. The idea is that each member fills
out his/her main topics of interest (max 5 words) for the coming
years. In this way we intend to make an overview on who is
doing what and to see where links and common activities are
possible.
Meindert Van (Chairman TC201)
Cor Zwanenburg (Secretary TC201)
1. Terms Of Reference
During the coming Delft meeting we hope to update the Terms
of Reference for TC201. For now, the terms of reference are
stated as follows:
1. discussion state of the art and developing the science and
engineering in order to increase fundamental understanding
and modelling of strength, deformation and erosion behav-
iour of soils and failure processes of dikes, dunes, (under-
water) dams, reclaimed land, man-made islands and ports in
river and coastal zone.
2. contributions to the international congresses of the society
to increase the quality of design by including experience,
such as large scale tests, case histories, failures, measure-
ments, simulations and artificial knowledge
3. encouraging international collaboration of experts in multi-
disciplinary developments of new techniques for construct-
ing and maintaining safe and reliable protection works
4. producing technical reports and encouraging international
training and meeting in this research field and exchange
experience and ideas on improving communication to other
researchers, public and politics for more alertness and
awareness
2 Meeting Delft May 23rd 2011
The first meeting of TC201 will be held in Delft on May 23rd.
The meeting is attached to the international course Under-
standing Dike Safety which will be held from May 24th to May
27th. The international course is one of the TC activities started
in the previous period and is further explained in section 3.
The main focus of the first TC meeting is getting to know each
other. Once we have a good impression of each other’s work
field we can detect possible common activities. In the pro-
gramme of the meeting, see below, we reserved 20 minutes for
each attendant to explain the ongoing (building) projects or
research in his/her country and institute.
The meeting will be held at Deltares, location Stieltjesweg 2 in
Delft. How to reach the location is explained by
. Please Note that Deltares has
two locations In Delft. The meeting will be held at the location
Stieltjesweg. The following programme is suggested:
10:00 10:30 coffee
10:30 10:45 Opening/introduction by Meindert Van
10:45 12:00 research activities/interest by chairman and
secretary
12:00 13:00 Lunch
13:00 14:00 research activities/interest by 3 attendants
14:00 14:15 break
14:15 15:15 research activities/interest by 3 attendants
15:15 15:30 break
15:30 16:30 research activities/interest by 3 attendants
16:30 16:45 break
16:45 17:30 wrap up; finalizing ToR and plans for the future
17:30 18:00 any other business
18:00 … drinks
3. International course Understanding Dike safety
From May 24th to May 27th the international course Under-
standing Dike Safety will be held in Delft. The course is one of
the TC activities started in the previous period and has been
held successfully on a yearly basis since 2007. More informa-
tion on the course can be found on
cursus/205905/understanding-dike-safety. It should be noted
that people who are interested can still attend the course. The
above link describes how to register. The course programme is
also presented by the above given link.
4. Meeting at the Baltic Sea Conference 2012.
The 2nd committee meeting is planned during the Baltic Sea
Conference, Rostock Germany, May 31st to June 2nd 2012. Note
that the date for submission of papers has expired. We hope that
we get the opportunity to fill a session with TC201 related
topics during the conference. More information is found on
.
5. Meeting at the international soil mechanics conference in
Paris 2013
The 3rd committee meeting will be held during the 18th Interna-
tional Conference on Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engin-
eering, Paris, 1-5 September 2013. A website with information
is
6. Fields of interest
The table below gives the present members, their e-mail
addresses and their fields of interest. For most members the
column "fields of interest" is still empty. The idea is that you all
provide the secretary in maximum 5 words the topics you will
be working on for the next 5 years. When we all know each
other’s current field or nearby future field of interest it should
be more easy to find common activities
Van
Cor Zwanenburg
Hang-Seok Choi
M.K. Sharp
Yuan Wang
Yoichi Watabe
Tarek Abdoun
Martin Achmus
Enrique Asanza
R.K. Basilov
Jian Chu
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