Gopalpur harbour (India)
Reconstruction of port infrastructure
Client: Shapoorji Pallonji Group - Scales: 1/52.5 et 1/40 (2D) - 1/60.5 (3D)
Reconstruction of the port of Gopalpur destroyed in 2013 by an exceptional cyclonic storm
Stability study of the main breakwater in 8 m3 Accropode™, overtoppings and wave disturbance transmitted behind the structure:
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in wave channel for two current sections reproduced respectively at scales of 1:52.5 for the main breakwater and 1:40 for the intermediate jetty,
- in a wave basin at 1:60.5 scale, for the study of singular zones of the main jetty: the elbows and the roundhead.
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Length of main dike reproduced: 800 m
- 100-year wave condition: Hs= 8.3 m; Tp=11 s
