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A weir comprising: a water impervious flexible membrane; a buoyancy member; and a tether, wherein, in use, the membrane comprises a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion, the lower edge portion is fixed with respect to a bed of a body of water, the membrane and the buoyancy member are attached to one another in the upper edge portion, and the tether comprises a first end portion, which is attached to the buoyancy member and/or to the membrane in the upper edge portion, and a second end portion that is attached to an anchorage.
A weir comprising: a water impervious flexible membrane; a buoyancy member; and a tether, wherein, in use, the membrane comprises a lower edge portion and an upper edge portion, the lower edge portion is fixed with respect to a bed of a body of water, the membrane and the buoyancy member are attached to one another in the upper edge portion, and the tether comprises a first end portion, which is attached to the buoyancy member and/or to the membrane in the upper edge portion, and a second end portion that is attached to an anchorage.
Buoyancy-assisted weir
PETER ROBERTS (author)
2023-06-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E02B
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
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Wasserbau