Wave barrier resists Hurricane winds.A floating barrier engineered to protect shorelines from beach erosion Noun 1. beach erosion - the erosion of beaches eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) passed a tough test last summer, when Hurricane Isabel This article is about the 2003 hurricane; there was also a Tropical Storm Isabel during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Isabel was the costliest and deadliest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. slammed into Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Va. The WhisprWave Marine Small Craft Intrusion Barrier suffered no damage, despite sustained winds of 80 mph with gusts up to 100 mph, said Dennis Smith, chief executive officer of Wave Dispersion Technologies, of Summit, N.J. The WhisprWave, originally installed at Little Creek in 2002, is a patented modular floating breakwater breakwater, offshore structure to protect a harbor from wave energy or deflect currents. When it also serves as a pier, it is called a quay; when covered by a roadway it is called a mole. technology, which also was designed as a security device, to keep small civilian boats away from Navy ships at the base. The barrier is held together by stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. cables encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in
two-inch rubber connecting cables.
The modular construction allows the barrier to serve as a platform to mount warning signs, surface detection units, anti-intrusion instruments, swimmer-detection devices and capture nets, both on the surface and under water. |
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