CHAPTER 1

DESIGN OF REVETMENT
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 WHAT IS REVETMENT?

» A facing of erosion resistant

material
» Stone, concrete (or) slab
» Scarp, embankment or other
shorelines
» Wave action, storm surge and
currents
» Armor layer, filter layer, toe
» Supplement to seawalls and dikes
 Functions of Revetment Life Span of Revetments

 Land protection
 Wake waves repellent  More than half a
 Coastal land
decade
 The way it’s
preservation
structured
DESIGN PARAMETERS
 Hydraulic
 Geotechnical
 Environmental
 Navigation
 Construction
 Maintenance
 Cost
 Statutory requirements
Advantages of Revetment Disadvantages of Revetment

* Unattractive, require lots of beach

 Erodes less beach material space
than a seawall * Constant maintenance
 Durable * Not suitable for areas of high
 Cheaper than a seawall wave energy
 Absorb the energy of the
waves
 Allow sediment to pass
through them
LOCATION

Erosion

Depositio
n
 Checking the Slope Stability
 Load Consideration
 Slope Stability Analysis
 Gabions and Sheet pile revetment definitions
 Types of structures
 Advantages and disadvantages of Gabions
 Advantages and disadvantages of Sheet piles
 Risk assessment of structures
 Sustainability of structures
CHECKING THE SLOPE STABILITY

 Checked by GEO5
 30m to landside and 60m to river side
72 ft
LOAD CONSIDERATION

 Single level home = 200 psf

 Two level home = 275 psf
 Three level home = 350 psf
SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS

275
psf 160
psf
 What is Gabions???? What is sheet piling??????

 A rectangular or cylinder steel wire  Sections of sheet materials with

mesh baskets interlocking edges, driven into the
 Materials such as stones, concrete, ground
sand or soil  Earth retention and excavation

 Can be locked together and stacked support

upon each other  Steel, timber or reinforced concrete

 A barrier to retard or slow erosion  Retaining wall, land reclamation,

project caused by water or underground structures ( car packs
excessive seeapage on steep or mild and basements ), marine locations
slope. ( river bank protection, seawalls,
cofferdams )
 Sheet piles

Timber sheet piles

Aluminium sheet piles

Steel sheet piles Reinforced concrete

sheet piles
 Timber sheet piles Steel sheet piles

Reinforced concrete sheet piles Aluminium sheet piles

 Gabions

Gabion Baskets Gabion Wire mesh

Gabion Mattresses Gabion Sack
 Gabion basket Gabion Sack

Gabion mattress Gabion wire mesh

 DISADVANTAG
ADVANTAGES ES
Gabions Gabions

 Ease of handling and transportation  Take up a lot of space on a beach

 Good drainage for permeability of water .  Cannot be easily replaced
 Very high resistance to atmospheric  Need heavy lifting gears to move
corrosion.  Because of high velocity stream,
 Satisfactory strong to resist flood force,
earth pressure
wave interaction and bed load, they
 Environmental friendly.
can abrade and tear and spilling the
 Easy to construct and install.
rock fill.
 Gabion’s stones are easy to find and also
wires are available at low cost.

ADVANTAGES
Sheet piles
 require less storage area
 Light weight
 Can be reused on several projects
 Long service life above or below
water with modest protection
 Easy to adapt the pile length by
either welding or bolting
DISADVANTAG
ES
Sheet Piles
 Sections can be rarely be used as part
of the permanent structure.
 Installation of sheet piles is difficult
in soils with boulders or cobbles.
 Excavation shapes are dictated by the
sheet pile section and interlocking
elements.
 Sheet pile driving may cause
neighborhood disturbance .
 COMPARISON OF RISK
properties Gabion Sheet piles
s
Worker skill Few Many
Occurrence of work accident Few Many
Corrosion effect Few Many
Liquefaction effect None Many
Change of design due to difference Few Many
conditions on site
Damage of project equipment Few Many
Noise and vibration level Few Many
 SUSTAINABILITY
Gabions Sheet piles
 Low carbon footprint  Can be reused several times
 Accommodate to natural environment
( i.e growth of plants, flow of water )
 Ready to take its full load
immediately without 1-2 month wait.
 Long life span

Assumption – The comparison between gabion and sheet pile revetment structures
have shown that the quality, sustainability, properties and also the benefits of
Gabions are better than sheet piles and it is easy to construct, maintain and
recycle the revetment and also can be said economically friendly.
 REFERENCES
 https://theconstructor.org/geotechnical/gabion
-type-uses/24459/
 https://www.gabiony.net/gabions/features.htm
 https://prj.geosyntec.com/npsmanual/gabions.
aspx
 ASSHTO-CODE
 https://coastal-wikipedia.com