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Riprap (in
North American English), also
known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock
armour (in British...
- to
prevent damage during periods of
floods or
heavy seasonal rains (see
riprap). Many
materials may be used:
wooden piles, loose-piled
boulders or concrete...
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weakening the
overall riprap, the side
slope of the bank
being too
steep for the
riprap to
resist the
displacing forces, or
gradation of
riprap being too uniform...
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Riprap lining a lake s****...
- of open-pit mine in
which dimension stone, rock,
construction aggregate,
riprap, sand, gravel, or
slate is
excavated from the ground. The
operation of quarries...
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engineering Honeycomb sea wall Hudson's
equation KOLOS Mole Pier
Revetment Riprap Seawall Tetrapod Training wall Van der Meer
formula Wharf Xbloc Soft engineering...
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while riprap, gabions,
articulated concrete blocks and grout-filled
mattresses can
mechanically stabilize the pier and
abutment slopes.
Riprap remains...
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footing was not
filled with
riprap stone, but
instead was back-filled with
erodible soil and
topped off with dry
riprap.
Riprap protection, inspection, and...
- building,
military applications and landscaping. For
erosion control,
caged riprap is used. For dams or in
foundation construction,
cylindrical metal structures...
- tombstones. Many of the
remaining headstones, and the monument, were used as
riprap during the
construction of the
Betsy Ross
Bridge and can be seen on the...
