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Overtopping dike-breach: effect of grain size distribution

Lukas Schmocker (IAHR Member), Project Engineer, Basler & Hofmann AG, Bachweg 1, 8133Esslingen, Switzerland, formerly VAW, ETH ZurichCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pierre-Jacques Frank PhD Student, VAW, ETH Zurich, CH-8093Zürich, Switzerland Email: [email protected]
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Willi H. Hager (IAHR Honorary Member), Professor, VAW, ETH Zurich, CH-8093Zürich, Switzerland Email: [email protected]
Pages 559-564 | Received 24 Jun 2013, Accepted 19 Dec 2013, Published online: 05 Jun 2014

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