Book Description

Rock is one of the main materials employed in marine and fluvial construction works to prevent scour and erosion, and to limit wave overtopping and flooding. It is estimated that at least 10 million tonnes of armourstone per year are used in construction across Europe (approximately 1 million tonnes in the UK), with an estimated value of £500m. Yet today many engineers still adopt traditional techniques in the use of rock and fail to gain the benefits of industry experience or new research. As a result, there is a need to make current state-of-the-art advice on the use of rock in hydraulic engineering openly available in a single reference source.

This book will completely revise and update the CIRIA/CUR Manual on the use of rock in coastal and shoreline engineering (published 1991) commonly referred to as ’the rock manual’. The book will deliver good practice guidance on the use of rock for erosion and flood control at coasts and rivers. The update will incorporate the significant advances in knowledge that have occurred over the past twelve years and will take the opportunity to widen the scope of the manual to include all aspects of the use of rock in hydraulic engineering. It is intended that application of the guidance in the report will help to achieve a long-term improvement in the use of rock and will promote conservation of natural systems in balance with the proper protection of human life and property.

The manual is being updated by a joint UK, French and Dutch team represented by CIRIA, CETMEF and CUR respectively, and is due to be published mid-2007.

1304 pages

Contents: Ministerial foreword, Summary, Acknowledgements, Glossary, Abbreviations, Notation, Commonly used indices, 1 Introduction, 1.1 Use of rock 3, 1.2 Background to the manual, 1.3 Structure of the manual, 1.4 Target readership and experience, 1.5 Scope, 1.6 References, 2 Planning and designing rock works, 2.1 Introduction, 2.2 Defining project requirements, 2.3 Technical considerations, 2.4 Cost considerations, 2.5 Environmental considerations, 2.6 Social considerations, 2.7 References, 3 Materials, 3.1 Introduction, 3.2 Quarried rock – overview of properties and functions, 3.3 Quarried rock – intrinsic properties, 3.4 Quarried rock – production-induced properties, 3.5 Quarried rock – construction-induced properties, 3.6 Rock quality, durability and service-life prediction, 3.7 Preparing the armourstone specification, 3.8 Testing and measuring, 3.9 Quarry operations, 3.10 Quality control of armourstone, 3.11 Armourstone costs, 3.12 Concrete armour units, 3.13 Recycled and secondary materials, 3.14 Gabions, 3.15 Grouted stone materials, 3.16 Geotextiles and geosystems, 3.17 References, 4 Physical site conditions and data collection, 4.1 Bathymetry, 4.2 Hydraulic boundary conditions and data collection – marine and coastal waters, 4.3 Hydraulic boundary conditions and data collection – inland waters, 4.4 Geotechnical investigations and data collection, 4.5 Ice conditions, 4.6 References, 5 Physical processes and design tools, 5.1 Hydraulic performance, 5.2 Structural response to hydraulic loading, 5.3 Modelling of hydraulic interactions and structural response, 5.4 Geotechnical design, 5.5 References, 6 Design of marine structures, 6.1 Rubble mound breakwaters, 6.2 Rock protection to port structures, 6.3 Shoreline protection and beach control structures, 6.4 Rockfill in offshore engineering, 6.5 References, 7 Design of closure works, 7.1 Introduction, 7.2 Estuary closures, 7.3 River closures, 7.4 Reservoir dams, 7.5 Barriers, sills, weirs, barrages and diversion dams, 7.6 Modelling in relation to flow pattern, scour and bed protection, 7.7 References, 8 Design of river and canal structures, 8.1 Introduction, 8.2 River training works, 8.3 Navigation and water conveyance canals, 8.4 Rock works in small rivers, 8.5 Special structures, 8.6 Use of special materials, 8.7 References, 9 Construction, 9.1 Project preparation, 9.2 Site preparation, 9.3 Equipment, 9.4 Transport, 9.5 Construction risk and safety, 9.6 Ground and soil issues, 9.7 Work methods, 9.8 Quality control, 9.9 Survey and measurement techniques, 9.10 References, 10 Monitoring, inspection, maintenance and repair, 10.1 Conceptual management approaches, 10.2 Developing a management strategy, 10.3 Monitoring, 10.4 Evaluation of structure condition and performance, 10.5 Maintenance, repair and rehabilitation, 10.6 References, Appendix A1 Model construction specification, Appendix A2 Risk assessment for the handling of armourstone at quarries or on site, Index of key topics