Artificial reef unit

Details Artificial reef unit Artificial reef unit

1981-11-06

1984-03-27

Corbin, David H.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Bank, shore, or bed protection

Wave or flow dissipation

428112, A01K 6100, E02B 300

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044390599

ABSTRACT:
A novel artificial reef unit comprising a hollow structure with its peripheral framework having oblique lattice pattern windows arranged in specific relationships with fiber-reinforced plastic bands in the framework is found to be durable in the marine environment and extremely effective for gathering fish, shellfish and the like. Representative of the specific relationships include requirements that the peripheral framework of the hollow structure has a total band surface area of 15 to 50% based on the imaginary entire surface area of framework and that the windows in the framework each have an open area of 0.1 to 0.8 m.sup.2.

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patent: 3455112 (1969-07-01), Twele
patent: 3716998 (1973-02-01), Svendsen et al.
patent: 3755054 (1973-08-01), Medney
patent: 3887739 (1975-06-01), Kromrey

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