Armour unit for wave energy absorption

Details Armour unit for wave energy absorption Armour unit for wave energy absorption

1977-12-28

1979-10-30

Shapiro, Jacob

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Bank, shore, or bed protection

Revetment

405 21, 405 29, 405 30, 405 33, E02B 314

Patent

active

041726804

ABSTRACT:
A breakwater, or similar structure, comprising a core of rubble, and an armouring layer overlying said core, said armouring layer being composed of individual armour units of hexagonal outer cross-section arranged in a honeycomb array, each of said armour units having an elongated, concrete body with longitudinal through water-passage means so that the porosity of the exposed face of the armouring layer is solely determined by the ratio of the cross-sectional area of said water passage means to the cross-sectional area of the concrete body.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3096621 (1963-07-01), Danel
patent: 3210944 (1965-10-01), Svee
patent: 3597928 (1971-08-01), Pilaar
patent: 3990247 (1976-11-01), Palmer

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Armour unit for wave energy absorption does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Armour unit for wave energy absorption, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Armour unit for wave energy absorption will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-18281