A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A portable, water-filled module suitable for use as a barrier or inclusion in a barrier is internally divided into cells and emulates a section of a sandbag dike or wall without requiring sand or intensive labor to install. Automatic valves can seal openings between the filled cells, so that a punctured cell will not cause cells below and behind to deflate. Cells can project below the base into a stabilizing trench. Some embodiments can be initially filled with air, positioned, and then filled with water while the air escapes through a pressure valve. Side structures of the module can enable interlocking with adjacent modules. In embodiments, a rigid ladder spans the module to provide structural support and enable traversing of the module. The ladder can be attachable to the module. The light, flexible walls of the module can include nanofiber.
A portable, water-filled module suitable for use as a barrier or inclusion in a barrier is internally divided into cells and emulates a section of a sandbag dike or wall without requiring sand or intensive labor to install. Automatic valves can seal openings between the filled cells, so that a punctured cell will not cause cells below and behind to deflate. Cells can project below the base into a stabilizing trench. Some embodiments can be initially filled with air, positioned, and then filled with water while the air escapes through a pressure valve. Side structures of the module can enable interlocking with adjacent modules. In embodiments, a rigid ladder spans the module to provide structural support and enable traversing of the module. The ladder can be attachable to the module. The light, flexible walls of the module can include nanofiber.
PORTABLE WATER-INFLATABLE BARRIER
ABELES GARY E (author)
2016-06-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E02B
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
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Wasserbau
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