Two Special Sessions and a Keynote Lecture organized by the Technical Committee on Hydraulics
Wednesday, November 2; 14:40 – 16:10
TC-H Session #1: seepage control in canals
Moderator: Eric Blond – Chairman, Technical Committee on Hydraulics
Canal lining using geomembranes
Hervé Plusquellec
Long-term integrity of canals lined with geosynthetics
Catrin Tarnowski, Adam Maskal (Solmax)
Bituminous Geomembrane for waterproofing large canals
Pau LLINAS, Bertrand Breul (Coletanche)
Geosynthetic Clay liners – Sustainable and resilient barriers for hydraulic engineering applications
Kent Von Maubeuge (Naue)
Wednesday, November 2; 16:30 – 18:00
TC-H Session #2: Erosion control in canals
Moderator: Markus Wilke – Vice-Chairman, Technical Committee on Hydraulics
Overview of geosynthetics products for erosion control in irrigation channels
Pietro Rimoldi(consultant)
Green revetment solution for inland waterway protection
Tan Jun Yuen (TenCate)
Erosion protection of overtopping sections with concrete mattresses
Simon Ebbert (Huesker)
Erosion Protection and Sealing with Geosynthetic Concrete Mattresses along Rivers and Channels in Taiwan
Marie-Therese Hortmann
Thursday, November 3, 13:00 – 14:00
Keynote Lecture V supported by TC-H
Moderator: Eric Blond – Chairman, Technical Committee on Hydraulics
Geosynthetics in canals: applications and performance
JP Giroud