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Data and Procedures for the Design of Floating Tire Breakwaters
Floating structures have been used as wave-attenuation devices for some time. The floating tire breakwater (FTB) is a recent innovation evolving out of increasing demand for low-cost wave protection structures. It is a flexible breakwater constructed almost entirely of scrap automobile tires, and is intended for short-fetch (say less than 15 km) or semi-protected locations. The use of scrap automobile tires as basic building components, and a modular design for ease of construction, makes it possible to keep the installed cost below $50 per linear foot. Some fundamental advantages of floating breakwaters include the following: they may be effectively employed in water prohibitively deep for conventional bottom-resting structures; they continue to be effective during large seasonal water level fluctuations in lakes and reservoirs; they generally do not interfere with natural water circulation patterns, sediment transport, life of benthic organisms and fish migrations to the extent that conventional bottom-resting structures do; and they may be towed to different locations as the need for wave protection changes.
Data and Procedures for the Design of Floating Tire Breakwaters
Floating structures have been used as wave-attenuation devices for some time. The floating tire breakwater (FTB) is a recent innovation evolving out of increasing demand for low-cost wave protection structures. It is a flexible breakwater constructed almost entirely of scrap automobile tires, and is intended for short-fetch (say less than 15 km) or semi-protected locations. The use of scrap automobile tires as basic building components, and a modular design for ease of construction, makes it possible to keep the installed cost below $50 per linear foot. Some fundamental advantages of floating breakwaters include the following: they may be effectively employed in water prohibitively deep for conventional bottom-resting structures; they continue to be effective during large seasonal water level fluctuations in lakes and reservoirs; they generally do not interfere with natural water circulation patterns, sediment transport, life of benthic organisms and fish migrations to the extent that conventional bottom-resting structures do; and they may be towed to different locations as the need for wave protection changes.
Data and Procedures for the Design of Floating Tire Breakwaters
V. W. Harms (author)
1979
122 pages
Report
No indication
English
Design Criteria for Floating Tire Breakwaters
| NTIS | 1979
| TIBKAT | 1968
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1968
| TIBKAT | 1968