Xbloc

catalog of prefabricated
coastal protection
units


Year 2005
Inventor Arnoud Van Den Berge; Jan Sebastiaan Reedijk; Rolf Rainer Canto
Country Netherlands
Company Delta Marine Consultants (Koninklijke BAM groep NV)
Layer coefficient kΔ 1.4
Shape coefficient ks 0.333
Stability number kd
13 (head) 16 (trunk)
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 EP1904687B1
Trademark "Xbloc" is an registered trademark, owned by DMC/Koninklijke BAM
  Wikipedia pages EN - NL - ES
link to projects in the International Breakwater Directory
Commercial information:
  • The name Xbloc may only be used with a license from the license owner: DMC/BAM groep

Remarks