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1 Development the link between Quest and Solution FBJ Barends

2 The Link From idea to creation From quest to solution Trial Cognition Synthesis PROCESS of Search and Development growth Care Problem Decision PRORAIL Truth Development Thinking DELTARES root flow shape Profit Execution Implementation BAM Knowledge plays a key role in the process

3 Innovation Cycles question-driven ART RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION DISCIPLINES TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCTS SERVICES KNOWLEDGE CYCLE ENGINEERING CYCLE EURO MARKET CYCLE money flow Berkhout, 2000

4 Technology Cycle knowledge and engineering, expertise and creativity in vitro in silico T TECHNOLOGY in spiritu in vivo translation tuning imitation in silico prediction interpretation investigation code in vitro T in spiritu concepts idea lab testing innovation verification in vivo selection validation image proofing

5 Time to market Streefkerk uplift piping Bergambacht m a x i m u m w a t e r l e v e l m e a n w a t e r l e v e l h e a d i n s a n d l a y e r time to market years p e a t a n d c l a y l a y e r s f r e a t i s c h v l a k S a n d l a y e r

6 Infrastructure railways gas pipelines

7 Infrastructure highroads main waterways

8 Crossings - Discontinuities PRINSES MARGRIET TUNNEL GROUW AQUADUCT ZEEBURGERTUNNEL IJTUNNEL COENTUNNEL COENTUNNEL 2 HEMSPOORTUNNEL SCHIPHOLSPOORTUNNEL SCHIPHOLTUNNEL METRO AMSTERDAM VELSERSPOORTUNNEL VELSERTUNNEL WIJKERTUNNEL DUIKER AMSTERDAM-RIJNKANAAL GOUWE AQUADUCT METRO ROTTERDAM MAASTUNNEL WILLEMSPOORTUNNEL BENELUXTUNNEL BENELUXTUNNEL 2 SPIJKENISSETUNNEL DRECHTTUNNEL TOTAL 60 KM TUNNEL SPOORTUNNEL RIJSWIJK PIET HEINTUNNEL BLANKENBURGTUNNEL BOTLEKTUNNEL NOORDTUNNEL LEIDING OUDE MAAS LEIDING HOLLANDS DIEP HEINENNOORDTUNNEL HEINENNOORD 2 KILTUNNEL VLAKETUNNEL BOTLEKTUNNEL METRO AMSTERDAM METRO ROTTERDAM TRAMTUNNEL DEN HAAG HUBERTUSTUNNEL GROENE HARTTUNNEL SPOORTUNNEL DELFT WESTERSCHELDETUNNEL SOFIATUNNEL TUNNEL ZEVENAAR PANNERDENSKANAAL roads, railways, metros, waterways, cables, pipelines are crossing complex engineering achievements, particularly in deltaic areas

9 History weesp Delft Oudewater Beek- Elsloo 1880 railway companies. HSM NRS SS NCS NBDS Other Companies de Roos: a tunnel, please! van Wickevoort Crommelin kromme lijntje van Crommelin bij het laantje van Van der Gaag DELFT, 1847

10 Learning by Surprize 1892 Beek-Elso railway slide; over 60 meter, 30 meter displaced; No casualties. Civil trust in rail transport was shocked. Discussions in the Parliament. Clash between engineers and geologists. today collapse burst and flow WEESP died, many injured

11 13 September 1918

12 Start of Soil Mechanics oedometer Soil mechanics becomes a science Start of national Institutes 1st International Congress 1936 Havard 2nd International Congress 1948 Rotterdam Keverling Buisman Terzaghi 1936 LGM 1925: Erdbaumechanik auf Bodenphysikalischer Grundlage

13 railbed improvement Excessive settlements in soft soil areas; Niewerkerk 1930: a massive slide occurred. Cuperus & De Nie urban areas rural areas

14 1937 dynamic field test undulations with new faster trains (diesel, electric) noticed in soft soil areas: Rotterdam Gouda - Utrecht. Cuperus & De Nie dynamic displacements more than twice of the static ones

15 1937 dynamic field test Cuperus & De Nie no damping in peat! Critical frequency 10 Hz Critical train speed 270 km/hr

16 State of the Art hysteretic damping Raleigh wave speed in layered medium u P P u u d / u s 1 P u v 300 km/hr k = EA 0 /h c = A 0 (E/ρ) 1 v/c s 10 Hz Ehlers (1942) Verruijt (1999) Hölscher (2002)

17 Collective Innovation Mixed in place INSIDE expanding columns soil nailing

18 Conclusion quest DEVELOPMENT solution Process History View role-models cooperation communication technology cycle failure-driven mono-disciplinary step by step improvement cooperation (question-driven) multi-disciplinary robustness (quick or slow wins)

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