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Items for shoreline protection and method for making

Thomas Keller
2026

Abstract

A seawall module for coastline protection comprising an outer rigid skin encasing an internal reinforcing rib structure and a filler material; the invention further includes a method for making said seawall module, the method comprising making an outer rigid skin with a lightweight material, and filling the skin with a filler material; other aspects of the invention include a seawall system comprising a plurality of seawall modules, a block for dissipating waves energy having a novel hybrid structure with a skin-filling composition and/or a novel shape, a method for making said block and a seawall or breakwater infrastructure comprising a plurality of seawall modules and blocks.

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Thomas Keller
2026

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/c936fc80-0d18-4f93-95a2-517f67b1ffde

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