Hydraulic and earth engineering – Bank – shore – or bed protection – Wave or flow dissipation
Patent
1992-12-23
1993-07-06
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Bank, shore, or bed protection
Wave or flow dissipation
405 21, 405 30, E02B 306
Patent
active
052247945
ABSTRACT:
A permeable breakwater for submerged offshore or seawall retentive installation includes a base and permeable opposed sides terminating at an upwardly projecting permeable wave wall. The breakwater is located offshore to cause moderate to heavy waves to break further offshore thereby dissipating their energy before reaching the beach.
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Atkinson Francis S.
McDougal William G.
Atkinson-McDougal Corporation
Taylor Dennis L.
Verplancken Donald J.
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