Menton seafront (France)
Coastal protection in Menton - Baie du Soleil
Client: Communauté d’Agglomération de la Riviera Française - Scale: 1/27
Physical modelling 
Coastal protection modelled in wave basin
Modelling in a wave tank of a coastal protection for the seafront installations in the town of Menton
Protection structure
The protection includes the following components:
- a slope protection in 1-3t rockfill against the upper beach wall,
- a foreshore nourishment in peebles with various widths of the berm,
- a 1-2t underwater rockfill toe mound to prevent pebbles from escaping seaward.
Services provided
Wave breaking on the dissipative foreshore
- Hydraulic stability of the rockfill slope and the toe mound
- Overtoppings measurement