Akmon

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Akmons protecting the runway at Wellington International Airport from Cook Strait.

An akmon is a multi-tonne concrete block used for breakwater and seawall armouring. It was originally designed in the Netherlands in the 1960s, as an improvement on the tetrapod.

References

  • Development of Concrete Breakwater Armour Units, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, 2003. [1]

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