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Geotechnical Aspects of Dykes and Levees and Shore Protection

Host Member Society: United Kingdom

Short name: Dykes and Levees (TC201) 

GeoWorld Group: Geotechnical Aspects of Dykes and Levees and Shore Protection (TC201)

 


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Objective 1: Dissemination

Disseminate knowledge and practice in the area of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering associated with Dykes and Levee

  1. Workshops: Organise inperson, hybrid, and virtual workshops focused on understanding, monitoring, and modelling the mechanisms leading to the failure of dykes and levees, as well as on low-carbon and naturebased approaches to mitigating failure hazards.
  2. Research and Case study Webinar: Organise webinars to present the latest research developments, along with case studies of levee failures and innovative strategies for levee rehabilitation and reinforcement.
  3. Reporting: Encourage the preparation of stateoftheart lectures and White Papers on new approaches to hazard assessment, site characterisation and infield monitoring, as well as on innovative methods to mitigate climatedriven and animalinduced hazards.
  4. Benchmarking: Promote benchmark exercises (e.g., round-robin exercise on modelling levee failure) to establish the capabilities of current theoretical frameworks in predicting the response of dykes and levees

Objective 2: Guidelines & Recommendations

Promote the preparation of international collaborative Guidelines and Recommendations on:

  1. Site investigation
  2. Field monitoring
  3. Design underpinned by numerical modelling
  4. Techniques for renovation and reinforcement
  5. Naturebased approaches for climate adaptation
  6. Integration of geotechnical engineering with biodiversity practices

Objective 3: Conference Assistance

Promote specialised sessions on dykes and levees at international and regional conferences on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, as well as at international and regional events supported by the ISSMGE Fundamental Technical Committees.

Objective 4: Industry Links

Industry Liaison: Identify and engage with organisations responsible for the management of flood defence infrastructure, as well as those involved in the design of new earthen structures and the rehabilitation and reinforcement of existing ones.

 

TC Cooperation: Actively collaborate with other technical committees whose areas of focus substantially overlap with the understanding, monitoring, and modelling of mechanisms leading to the failure of dykes and levees.

FUNDAMENTALS

TC 101: Laboratory Stress Strain Strength Testing of Geomaterials

TC 102: Site Characterization

TC103: Numerical Methods in Geomechanics

TC104: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics

TC105: Geomechanics from Micro to Macro

TC106: Unsaturated Soils

 

APPLICATIONS:

TC210: Embankment Dams

TC213: Scour and Erosion

TC220: Field Monitoring in Geomechanics

TC223: Bio-Geotechnical Engineering

# Type Full Name Country
1 Chair Alessandro Tarantino United Kingdom
2 Vice Chair Norma Patricia López Acosta Mexico
3 Secretary Yida Tao Netherlands
4 Nominated Member Baris Trak Turkey
5 Corresponding Member Zsombor Illes Hungary
6 Nominated Member Philip Smith United Kingdom
7 Nominated Member David Zhang Australia
8 Nominated Member Agnieszka Dąbska Poland
9 Nominated Member Truong Le United Kingdom
10 Corresponding Member Laura Tonni Italy
11 Nominated Member Guido Gottardi Italy
12 Nominated Member José Monteiro Mozambique
13 Corresponding Member Yoichi Watabe Japan
14 Nominated Member Joana Vlaanderen Portugal
15 Nominated Member Alexandre Pinto Portugal
16 Corresponding Member Shunzo Kawajiri Japan
17 Nominated Member R. Chitra India
18 Nominated Member S.K. Prasad India
19 Nominated Member DongSoon Park South Korea
20 Nominated Member Hirotoshi Mori Japan
21 Corresponding Member Ilhan Chang South Korea
22 Nominated Member Patrick Mengé Belgium
23 Nominated Member Leen De Vos Belgium
24 Nominated Member Xu Li China
25 Nominated Member Jian Ji China
26 Corresponding Member Elena Dodaro Italy
27 Corresponding Member Ilaria Bertolini Italy
28 Corresponding Member J.A. Teeuw Netherlands
29 Nominated Member Martin Achmus Germany
30 Nominated Member Francois Mathijssen Netherlands
31 Nominated Member Hendra Jitno Indonesia
32 Corresponding Member Yuan Wang China
33 Nominated Member Dani Tarragó Spain
34 Nominated Member André Arnold Switzerland
35 Nominated Member Enrique Asanza Spain
36 Nominated Member Paolo Simonini Italy
37 Corresponding Member Simonetta Cola Italy
38 Nominated Member Michael Sharp United States
39 Nominated Member Edina Koch Hungary
40 Nominated Member Emőke Imre Hungary
41 Nominated Member Remy TOURMENT France
42 Nominated Member Kazunori Fujisawa Japan
43 Nominated Member Cor Zwanenburg Netherlands
44 Nominated Member Idrus Muhammad Indonesia
45 Nominated Member Arjen Kort Norway

This section is in progress 
 

Technical Task Forces

T1. Levee stability

T2. Internal erosion

T3. Overtopping/overflow erosion

T4. Monitoring and Early Warning Systems

T5. Numerical modelling & Digital twinning

T6, Nature-based solutions

T7. Site Investigation and Levee Geotechnical Characterisation

T8. Collaborative experiments 

 

Cross-Cutting Task Forces

CC1. Education

CC2. Collaboration with other TCs

CC3. Academia-Industry Partnership

CC$. Database of  Case Histories

BEAVER4LIFE - BriEf Analysis of Vulnerability for river Embankment Reinforcement (2026-2030)

Coordinator: Union of Municipalities of Faenza Romagna (URF), Italy
Scientifi Coordinator: Professor Michela Marchi (University of Bologna, Italy)
Web link: TBC
Contact: [email protected]

 

DIGITAL DIKES - A multiscale framework for risk assessment of Backward Erosion Piping (2026-2032)

Coordinator: Professor Vanesssa Magnanimo (University of Twente, Netherlands)
Web link: https://www.digital-dikes.nl/
Contact: [email protected] 

 

LIFE SANDBOIL - Natural-based solution to mitigate flood risk due to SAND BOILs reactivations along the Po River (2020-2025)

Coordinator: Professor Laura Tonni (University of Bologna, Italy)
Web link:: https://lifesandboil.eu/
Contact: [email protected]

 

Newsletters since 2011 are listed below 

 

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newsletter_2016_06

newsletter_2017_08

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newsletter_2018_06

newsletter_2019_01

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newsletter_2020_07

newsletter_2021_12

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2026.06.17 - Agenda

2026.06.17 - Presentation and Actions 

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