Look up riprap in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British...

to prevent damage during periods of floods or heavy seasonal rains (see riprap). Many materials may be used: wooden piles, loose-piled boulders or concrete...

Riprap lining a lake shore...

weakening the overall riprap, the side slope of the bank being too steep for the riprap to resist the displacing forces, or gradation of riprap being too uniform...

while riprap, gabions, articulated concrete blocks and grout-filled mattresses can mechanically stabilize the pier and abutment slopes. Riprap remains...

of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries...

Coastal bulkheads are most often referred to as seawalls, bulkheading, or riprap revetments. These manmade structures are constructed along shorelines with...

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wind on open waterPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Riprap – Rock or concrete protective armour Seawall – Form of coastal defence Spătaru...

footing was not filled with riprap stone, but instead was back-filled with erodible soil and topped off with dry riprap. Riprap protection, inspection, and...