Storm surge breaker system, barrier system and method of constructing same

This application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/000,187 filed on Oct. 24, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to systems to serve as storm Surge Breakers, storm Surge Barriers and to methods of constructing same.

2. Description of Prior Art

The lesson of a catastrophic hurricane such as Hurricane Katrina, or for that matter lesser storms, is that in coastal areas subject to damage from tidal surges, high wave action, etc., generated by such storms, tsunamis, etc., there is a need for systems that can be easily fabricated and installed at a desired location, e.g., along a levee, mouth of a bay, etc., to achieve maximum protection by acting as a tidal surge breaker and a tidal surge barrier.

In one embodiment, the present invention can provide a surge breaker and barrier system which can include a surge breaker wall on a first surface of a concrete, floatable and preferably, ballastable structure, a barrier wall spaced from the breaker wall on a second surface of a concrete floatable and preferably, ballastable structure and an anchor for fixing the floatable concrete structure(s) at a predetermined location.

In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides a dual wall system comprising a wave or surge break wall disposed seaward of a shoreline or the like to be protected and a substantially watertight surge wall between the shoreline or the like and the wave break wall, i.e., spaced a distance depending upon the environment landward of the surge break wall. The wall systems or floatable concrete structures can be pinned, ballasted or otherwise anchored in a floating position or on the seabed or seafloor to resist sliding or horizontal forces whereby the surge break wall takes the forces of the wave off of the surge barrier wall. The surge break wall is designed primarily to take the dynamic forces generated by tidal surge as opposed to the hydrostatic head of the surge while the surge barrier wall is designed primarily to take the forces generated by the hydrostatic head, i.e., of the tidal surge. The surge breaker, surge barrier system of the present invention splits the forces of the tidal surge and allows the heights of the respective walls to be reduced.

In another embodiment, the invention can provide a method of forming a surge breaker and barrier system wherein a surge breaker wall on a first surface of a concrete floatable structure is positioned at a predetermined location, seaward of a shoreline which it is desired to protect; providing a barrier wall on a second surface of a concrete floatable structure, the barrier wall being spaced from the breaker wall and positioned landward of the surge breaker wall and anchoring the concrete structure(s) in the predetermined location.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an side, elevational view, partly in section of one embodiment of the surge breaker and surge barrier (SBSB System) of the present invention.

FIGS. 2-17 show steps in the construction and installation of an SBSB System substantially according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

FIGS. 18 and 19 are elevational views, partly in section, showing the SBSB System substantially as shown in FIG. 1 responding to tidal surging and flow back.

FIG. 20 is an elevational view, partly in section, showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 21-25 show another embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 26 and 27 show installation of another embodiment of the present invention.

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