The proposed goodyear modular mat type scrap tire floating breakwater

The proposed goodyear modular mat type scrap tire floating breakwater

Candle, R.D.
Piper, D.R.

TU Delft

1974-09-30

Scrap tires are proposed as a construction material for building large floating mat type breakwater devices. The Goodyear scrap tire floating breakwater assemblies are formed by securing together modular bundles of tightly interlocked scrap tires with high strength rope/cable, or special corrosion resistant steel rods. This construction procedure yields an easily installed, readily adaptable breakwater structure which has high energy absorbing capacity for normal loading conditions but which deforms and yields when subjected to overloads. The proposed designs rely on a modular bundle concept where a relatively few tires are secured together to form a small easily assemble de portable building unit which,serves as a basic building block from which giant breakwater devices can be constructed. Flotation is provided by placing a small amount of buoyant material in the crown of each tire or by filling approximately 10%) of the tires with buoyant foam. The design possibilities using scrap tire building modules are virtually limiless. Tires may be laced together to form large flat single or multiple thickness shallow mats. They may be stacked vertically in single or multiple thickness bundles like bricks in a wall to form curtain type barriers. Variutions in breakwater draft are made possible by adding modules above or below to vary the thickness and by combining constructions such as hanging a curtain on a mat structure. Also, mats with varying buoyancy may be moored on an incline for more efficient energy absorption.

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