Vetiver System for river bank and levee stabilization

Protection of Dora bridge abutment, Assam, India using VS

At this time of major flooding in the Mississippi River basin it is worthwhile to remind ourselves of the potential of vetiver to protect river banks and levees.  There are a lot of interesting links on our website.  I would like to draw your attention to some specific research at the world's leading hydraulics institution at Delft Holland and in Vietnam that might interest engineers who are looking for lowering the cost of levee and river bank protection.The original paper by Diti Hengchaovanich and Nimal S. Nilaweera relating to the tensile strength of vetiver and its impact on the shear strength of soil and thus slope stabilization can be found here.

VETIVER AT DELFT UNIVERSITY

THE USE OF VETIVERS IN COASTAL ENGINEERING

RUN-UP REDUCTION THROUGH VETIVER GRASS

REDUCTION OF WAVE OVERTOPPING BY VETIVER GRASS

VETIVER GRASS FOR RIVER BANK PROTECTION

Mekong River bank protected with VS

http://www.vetiver.org/MAL_DITI_root_strength.pdf