Cubipod

catalog of prefabricated
coastal protection
units


Year 2008
Inventor
Jose Maria Berenguer Perez
Country Spain
Company Berenguer Ingenieros
Layer coefficient kΔ 1.00
Shape coefficient ks 0.57
Stability number kd
6 for round head, 12 for trunk (including safety margin
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 ES200802129A
Trademark owned by SATO
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Commercial information:
  • The consulting company of Berenguer has developed this block in cooperation with Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Josep Medina), the block is marketed by SATO (Sociedad Anónima Trabajos y Obras, originally a daughter company of "Koninklijhe Nederlandsche Maatschappij Voor Havenwerken N.V” ), see https://www.cubipod.com

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