Patent ID: 11959237
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE BAM GROEP N.V.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 13:
14. The breakwater according to claim 12, wherein the breakwater comprises two opposite, sloping sides coming together at a top of the breakwater,
wherein an x-axis is defined by the direction of extension of the wings, a y-axis perpendicular to the x-axis is defined by the direction of extension of the nose, and an xy-plane is defined by the plane spanned by the x-axis and y-axis,
wherein the back face of the central part of said crest element slants with respect to the xy-plane, the slant being, viewed from the underside of the crest element towards the upper side of the crest element, in the forward direction,
wherein the rows of crest elements are arranged at the top of the breakwater such that the back faces of both rows of crest elements define, viewed in vertical upward direction, a diverging interspace, and
wherein the diverging interspace is filled with a fill-material exerting on the back faces of the crest elements a force having a component parallel to the respective back face and a component transverse to the respective back face.