Revetment protecting the backshore at La Grande Motte

Defining the best facing to limit wave overtopping

Protection for the backshore at La Grande Motte - Agence Guillermin Architectes Paysagistes - Scale: 1:18

Study of repairs to the backshore revetment

  • Wave flume study of the longitudinal backshore protection at La Grande Motte
  • Modelling of overtopping for various alternative revetments
  • Measurement of forces and pressures exerted on the structure exposed to breaking waves
  • Movable-bed sedimentological modelling to analyse scour at the toe of the structure with various alternative revetments.

Overtopping of the revetment and backshore erosion | Artelia Hydraulics
Overtopping of the revetment and backshore erosion

Measuring forces and pressures on an alternative revetment with a wave deflector | Artelia Hydraulics
Measuring forces and pressures on an alternative revetment with a wave deflector