Reconstruction of the Cerbère BreakwaterBreakwater in reconstruction
Client: Cerbère town - Scale: 1/43.5
The context
The breakwater protecting Cerbère cove was completely destroyed during the storm of 26 December 2008. In the framework of design and supervision services assigned to ARTELIA to rebuild the breakwater, a wave tank stability study was performed in order to validate the arrangement of the new breakwater, 100 m long at water depths between 6 and 10 m.
The model in wave basin
What is represented on the model ?
Topography of the entire cove,
Significant details of the village and parts likely to be submerged (road, beach, waterfront),
The new seawall, 100m long, armoured with 9m3 ACCROPODE™ II blocks.
View of the breakwater after works
Overtoppings in storm condition
Alternative tested on the model for rear slope reinforcement
Reinforcement of rear slope with grooved cubic blocks following model tests
Visit of the model by the project owner and his partners
