Fluid wave energy dissipating and absorbing structure
OwnerMaria T. Conoverinventor
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Abstract
A fluid wave energy dissipating and absorbing structure having at least one surface exposed to fluid wave action, said surface comprising an array of alternating three-sided pyramidal protuberances and triangular flat spaces, said protuberances and spaces being alternating in both rows and columns. Erosion caused by fluid wave action may be prevented or mitigated by erecting on a surface subject to such erosion a fluid wave energy dissipating and absorbing structure, and forming on said structure at least one surface exposed to the eroding fluid wave action, said surface comprising an array of alternating three-sided pyramidal protuberances and triangular flat spaces as above described.
Claims23
A fluid wave energy dissipating and absorbing structure comprising a supporting structure bearing a fluid wave energy dissipating and absorbing surface, said supporting structure being affixed to a surface to be protected from fluid wave action, said wave energy dissipating and absorbing surface being exposed to fluid wave action and comprising an array of alternating three-sided pyramidal protuberances and triangular flat spaces, said protuberances and spaces being alternating in both rows and columns, said wave energy dissipating and absorbing surface being so disposed in relation to impinging fluid waves as to permit said protuberances and flat spaces to coact to dissipate and absorb the energy of impinging fluid waves.
A method of preventing or mitigating erosion caused by fluid wave action comprising erecting on a surface subject to such erosion a fluid wave energy dissipating and absorbing structure, and forming on said structure at least one surface exposed to the eroding fluid wave action, said surface comprising an array of alternating three-sided pyramidal protuberances and triangular flat spaces, said protuberances and said spaces being alternating in both rows and columns.
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