Patent · US Expired

Water wave absorber

US4836709A · kind A · utility

12Cited by
17References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1987
Grant dateJun 6, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A10/11
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

There is described a water wave absorber, particularly suitable for use in testing tanks, to reduce the reflection of generated waves. The absorber comprises a series of sheets of unflattened expanded material, usually metal, positioned one behind the other and the sheets being arranged in generally decreasing porosity from the front of the wave absorber to the rear thereof.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.