Riprap

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Riprap lining a lake shore

Concrete rubble used as riprap along the San Francisco Bay shoreline

Riprap stairway

Crews replacing riprap at Galveston Seawall after a 1915 hurricane

Riprap, also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour or rubble, is rock or other material used to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, pilings and other shoreline structures against scour and water or ice erosion. It is made from a variety of rock types, commonly granite or limestone, and occasionally concrete rubble from building and paving demolition. It can be used on any waterway or water containment where there is potential for water erosion.

Underwater, rock armour caps submerged tunnels to protect against accidental anchor strikes or sinking debris.

References

Ciria-CUR (2007) - Rock Manual - The use of rock in hydraulic engineering.
N.W.H. Allsop (2002) - Breakwaters, coastal structures and coastlines.
US Dept. of Transportation (2004) - Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook

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Coastal management

Management	Coastal management Accretion Integrated coastal zone management Managed retreat Submersion

Hard engineering	A-jack Accropode Akmon Artificial reef Breachway Breakwater Cliff stabilization Dolos Flood wall Floodgate Gabion Groyne Levee Hard engineering Honeycomb sea wall Hudson's equation KOLOS Revetment Riprap Seawall Tetrapod Training wall Xbloc

Soft engineering	Beach nourishment Beach drainage Living shorelines Sand dune stabilization Soft engineering Soft shore remediation

Related topics	Beach evolution Coastal erosion Land reclamation Longshore transport Modern recession of beaches

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