Abstract
The Grande-Motte port and seafront development project on the French Mediterranean coastline entailed evaluating wave impact loads (pressures and forces) on the new beach seawall and comparing the resulting scour potential at the base of the existing and new seawall. A physical model was built at ARTELIA's hydraulics laboratory in Grenoble (France) to provide insight into: wave and setup at the beach, the evolution of scour over time at the front of the wall, quasi-static and impulsive wave force intensity and distribution on the wall, and water and sand overtopping discharges over the wall. Light-weight sediment physical model and pressure and force measurements were performed with scale 1:18. The paper will discuss the pros and cons of a physical model versus numerical/ empirical modelsRecorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/AeW3SPwDtVg
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