Barrier curtain

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1991-05-28

1992-10-13

Taylor, Dennis L.

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Fluid control, treatment, or containment

Floatable matter containment

405 52, 405 63, 405 74, E02B 802

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051545373

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for reducing sedimentation in ship berths including one or m modules, spanning the entrance of a ship berth and providing a continuous, homogeneous, impervious barrier, each module including a base located on the sea floor, an accordion type curtain extendable in the vertical direction and attached on its bottom side to the base, a float attached to the curtain on the top side, a primary operating system for raising and lowering the curtain and a secondary operating system for raising the entire apparatus to the sea surface for repair or removal.

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