Wave barrier, barrier assembly, flood barrier, and method

Self-raising wave barrier for providing an alleviation of a load due to wave action from a body of water on a side of the wave barrier remote from the body of water, the wave barrier comprising:

• a series of barrier assemblies for providing the alleviation of the load due to the wave action, each barrier assembly comprising:
• a holder for holding a wave barrier element which is anchored to a bottom of the body of water or a surface adjacent to the body of water,
• the wave barrier element arrangeable movably over a path of movement in the holder between a lower rest state and a higher active state,
• holding means for holding and/or stopping the wave barrier element in the higher active state, wherein
• the respective wave barrier elements of the series of barrier assemblies operate in the active state for the purpose of breaking the wave action providing the alleviation of the load due to the wave action on the basis of a situationally predetermined ratio of wave barrier elements and throughflow space therebetween,
• a flood barrier adjacent to the wave barrier, and
• wherein the wave barrier is arranged with the flood barrier to create a buffer space therebetween to provide a buffer water mass behind the wave barrier elements as seen from the body of water, the buffer water mass absorbing energy of a wave and the buffer water being prevented from feeding a subsequent wave thereby protecting the flood barrier or a shore lying there behind.