WAVE-MAZE, FLOATING BREAKWATER

The basic component of this breakwater consists of used truck tires some of which are filled with flotation material such as polystyrene, polyurethane, plastic bottles, inner tubes, or other material which will provide flotation. The construction consists of a top horizontal diaphragm of truck tires bolted to a center sandwich of vertical tires arranged in a triangular pattern. The breakwater should be constructed so that the width is approximately the length of the wave to be attenuated.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of ASCE Civil Engineering in Oceans, 2nd Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, December 10-12, 1969.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Noble, H M
• Conference:
  • Civil Engineering in Oceans Conf Proceedings (2nd)
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 929-942

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Damping (Physics); Floating breakwaters
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1973 12:00AM