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Spacing Reinforcement in Armor Units
PURPOSE: To present two methods of spacing reinforcing bars during the construction of armor units. This is not a recommendation for either method but only information for field offices' consideration. BACKGROUND: Rubble mound breakwaters are used extensively throughout the world to provide protection from the destructive forces of storm waves. In some locations, adequate size and quality quarrystone is not available, so specially shaped concrete armor units are required for the primary cover layer of the breakwater. Even when quarrystone is available, the concrete units may be the least costly alternative. The major advantage of these shaped concrete armor units is their high stability coefficient which permits the use of lighter weight armor units. Many different types of blocks have been developed, varying in geometric shape from simple rectangular or cubic blocks to more complicated shapes such as the "dolos" (dolosse is plural).
Spacing Reinforcement in Armor Units
PURPOSE: To present two methods of spacing reinforcing bars during the construction of armor units. This is not a recommendation for either method but only information for field offices' consideration. BACKGROUND: Rubble mound breakwaters are used extensively throughout the world to provide protection from the destructive forces of storm waves. In some locations, adequate size and quality quarrystone is not available, so specially shaped concrete armor units are required for the primary cover layer of the breakwater. Even when quarrystone is available, the concrete units may be the least costly alternative. The major advantage of these shaped concrete armor units is their high stability coefficient which permits the use of lighter weight armor units. Many different types of blocks have been developed, varying in geometric shape from simple rectangular or cubic blocks to more complicated shapes such as the "dolos" (dolosse is plural).
Spacing Reinforcement in Armor Units
1983
4 pages
Report
No indication
English
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