Hydraulic and earth engineering – Bank – shore – or bed protection – Wave or flow dissipation
Patent
1987-08-06
1989-08-15
Corbin, David H.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Bank, shore, or bed protection
Wave or flow dissipation
405 30, E02B 306
Patent
active
048569348
ABSTRACT:
The specification discloses a beach builder block and a method for using same wherein the beach builder block includes a front face inclined at an angle of from about 20 to about 40 degrees and a horizontal wave divider located above the front face and also including an inclined front face, inclined at an angle of from about 20 to about 60 degrees, therebeing a space between the horizontal wave divider and the first inclined front face. This block is located in the water such that the water level is approximately at the top of said inclined front face or just slightly below it, and such that the inclined face faces seaward, away from the shore. In this manner, incoming waves pass in part through the opening between the horizontal wave divider and the inclined first face, and in part up and over the horizontal wave divider whereby the two different wave portions are traveling in somewhat different directions when they collide on the rear side of the builder block, thereby further dissipating wave energy and allowing sand carried by the waves to settle out in the area behind the beach builder block and rebuild the shoreline.
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Corbin David H.
Nellco, Inc.
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