Accropode II

catalog of prefabricated
coastal protection
units


Year 1999 (but brought to market in 2004)
Inventor

Country France
Company Sogreah  (Artelia)
Layer coefficient kΔ 1.29
Shape coefficient ks 0.341
Stability number kd
15, for head 11.5
Preferred design formula Use Hudson formula with appropriate kd value
{\displaystyle {\frac {H_{s}}{\Delta \cdot d_{n50}}}={\sqrt[{3}]{K_{d}cos\alpha }}}
Application single layer, random placement
Application range large waves
Patent
Trademark "Accropode II" is an registered trademark, owned by CLI
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Remarks

The problem of very strict placement requirements of the Accropode is solved by the Accropode II