Multi-walled breakwater

Details Multi-walled breakwater Multi-walled breakwater

1977-11-03

1979-05-15

Shapiro, Jacob

Hydraulic and earth engineering

Bank, shore, or bed protection

Wave or flow dissipation

405211, E02B 306

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041545486

ABSTRACT:
A breakwater which has a rear wall and several front walls to break up the incident waves, the front walls having holes therein to pass the waves, which holes diminish in size from the front wall which takes the initial impact of the wave towards the back wall. In various embodiments the breakwater may have a sloping back wall, convex-concave indentations on the back wall, partitions dividing up into compartments the chambers in front of the back wall, and a sloping second wall.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3118282 (1964-01-01), Jarlan
patent: 3387458 (1968-06-01), Jarlan
patent: 3952520 (1976-04-01), Shillingford
patent: 4019332 (1977-04-01), Lamy

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