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Modelling of river Seine flooding in the Greater Paris region using the Arteseine model
(EPTB Seine Grands Lacs), Paris - France - © Artelia

ACCROBERM I and II:
TM
new protection units for maritime structures
As an addition to the famous ACCROPODE™
technologies, Artelia has patented a new
unit for breakwater facings. Both economical
and ecological, the unit is placed at the toe
of a facing in order to improve its stability
and thus extend the working life of maritime
structures. Current research is focusing on
the eco-design of protection units (concretes
and surface textures that encourage
the development of marine life) and a
comparative study of a length of coastline
protected by artificial or natural rockfill, Reuse of excavated earth
from social, biodiversity and engineering
standpoints (the CHERLOC collaborative Our soil decontamination
project). experts are involved in an effort
to create a permanent process
for producing fertile soils, by
recycling materials disposed of
in landfills. This is in response
to the growing need for fertile
soil for urban landscaping
projects and facilitates the new
Physical scale model with ACCROBERM II™ units, forms of urban development
being tested at Artelia's Laboratory
while mitigating the
environmental impact of using
topsoil. This approach is fully
in step with the advent of the
circular economy.
Growing expertise in the
design and construction of Helping to promote renewable
large dams energy
Dams are a field in which The deployment of renewable
Artelia’s research has been energy is a subject close to
especially outstanding these our hearts. In recent years,
past few years, in particular our studies have looked into
via the development of the possibility of developing
cutting-edge calculation unconventional forms of
methods for simulating their hydraulic energy (marine
thermodynamic behaviour current, tidal and wave
and seismic stability. The power), and at the problems of
results of this work were connecting intermittent energy
invaluable in designing sources (solar, wind) to the grid.
Janneh dam (Lebanon), an Our specialists have also taken
RCC (Roller-Compacted part in strategic thinking about
Concrete) structure 160 m the implementation of mixed
high with a crest length of forms of power generation
250 m, for which Artelia led with a very large renewables
the design studies and is now Numerical model of Janneh dam - Lebanon component.
Perspective view of the downstream side © Artelia
supervising construction.
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