Bank Protection Techniques Using Spur Dikes

The model demonstration reported herein was conducted as a part of the "Section 32 Program" authorized by Congress under the Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Act of 1974, Section 32, Public Law 93-251 (as amended by Public Law 94-587, Sections 155 and 161, October 1976).The study was conducted during the period April 1980 to May 1981 in the Hydraulics Laboratory of the U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station {WES) under the direction of Messrs. H. B.