Abstract
The 'Afsluitdijk' is a 32 km enclosure dam which separates the Wadden sea and the Lake IJssel. The dam currently undergoes a major rehabilitation to meet the requirements with regard to water safety. The Dutch Ministry of infrastructure and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat division) has commissioned Levvel, a consortium of BAM, Van Oord and Rebel, to prepare the design and carry out the reconstruction of the dam including sluices and highway. The project includes reinforcement of the armour layers and wave overtopping reduction. As part of the contract Rijkswaterstaat prescribed the contractor (Levvel) to verify the design with large scale physical model tests (min. 1:3 scale). These tests were carried out in the Delta Flume of Deltares. Prior to the large scale tests, smaller scale tests (1:20) have been carried out to optimize the design with regard to armour stability and wave overtopping. The research described here focuses on the wave overtopping.Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/kPga0wVCCIE
Highlights
The ‘Afsluitdijk’ is a 32 km enclosure dam which separates the Wadden sea and the Lake IJssel
CROSS-SECTION Levvel proposed an innovative design which consists of a composite slope
The berm is located around the design water level and is used as a bicycle path during normal conditions
Summary
The ‘Afsluitdijk’ is a 32 km enclosure dam which separates the Wadden sea and the Lake IJssel. CROSS-SECTION Levvel proposed an innovative design which consists of a composite slope. The 1:2 lower slope is designed with Levvel-blocs, internationally known as Xblocplus®.
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