A multipurpose combined flexible floating breakwater, wherein each water-surface wave absorbing structure comprises a rubber buoy, a bearing rope passing through a central hole of the rubber buoy, active shackles connected at two ends of the bearing rope, and anti-sliding devices arranged at two ends of the rubber buoy to prevent the rubber buoy from sliding on the bearing rope randomly; a connecting structure comprises a cross-shaped pull ring and a connecting anchor chain, the cross-shaped pull ring is used for connecting adjacent water-surface wave absorbing structures in the same row, and the connecting anchor chain with two ends connected with the active shackles is used for connecting adjacent water-surface wave absorbing structures in different rows; and the purpose of mooring is achieved through a mooring system.

A device is provided for damping hydrosound in liquid emitted from a sound-emitting body in the liquid. The device includes a plurality of gas-filled bodies distributed in the liquid in an area of the hydrosound-emitting body and at a distance from each other. Each of the gas-filled bodies has a natural frequency that corresponds to an emitted frequency range of the hydrosound so as to dampen the hydrosound through resonant oscillations.

The present invention relates to a system and device (1000) for controlling hydroelastic surface waves and to the use thereof.

In particular, the invention relates to a system for controlling hydroelastic waves propagating over the surface of a liquid (1), the controlling system comprising a floating composite structure (10) having at least two zones Z1 and Z2 the respective bending coefficients D1 and D2 and/or the shapes of which are adapted to control the propagation of the hydroelastic waves, and for which it is possible to define an index n.sub.i, i being equal to 1 or 2, similar to the refractive index of an optical medium.

The controlling system thus allows the propagation of the hydroelastic waves to be able to be controlled by applying the laws of geometric optics.

The present invention discloses a quickly-detachable airbag-type floating breakwater, including a plurality of water wave absorbing structure units arranged along a length direction of the breakwater. The adjacent water wave absorbing structure units are connected by a connecting unit. The water wave absorbing structure unit comprises at least two floats arranged side by side and a wave absorbing plate located between the floats. The water wave absorbing structure unit comprises at least two floats arranged side by side and a wave absorbing plate located on the floats. The connecting unit comprises bases located at the ends of the floats, an airbag located between the adjacent bases, and a steel chain, the adjacent bases wrapping the airbag to form a buffer connecting structure. Adjacent water wave absorbing structure units can be quickly and conveniently assembled by a connecting unit, thereby simplifying the difficulty in a breakwater building and construction installation process, improving the post-maintenance convenience of the breakwater, and reducing the post-maintenance cost. The connecting unit adopting a buffer connecting structure formed by wrapping the airbag with the bases can effectively alleviate movement, extrusion and torsion between adjacent breakwaters.

A deployment system for an inspection vehicle operable in a housing having a liquid medium is disclosed in the present application. The deployment system includes a mount connectable to the housing through an aperture formed in a wall thereof. An extendable arm is connected to the mount and positioned within the housing. A tether is slidably coupled to the extendable arm and adapted to connect with the inspection vehicle. A control mechanism is operable to control deployment of the tether and the position of the extendable arm.

A transportable wave suppressor and sediment collection system for suppressing wave action along the shore of a body of water, which includes a plurality of interconnected sections, each section including a base, a forward wall, and a rear wall, and having a plurality of flow pipes extending from the forward wall to the rear wall, and further including a plurality of shelves on the forward wall for dispersing wave energy, while redirecting and using the wave energy to allow water and sediment to flow into the flow pipes and for collecting sediment that is not carried into the flow pipes and settles on the shelves for being contacted by a following wave to carry the sediment into the flow pipes. In some deeper water embodiments, the sections may include a base portion, a top portion and one or more spacer portions to enable raising or changing the height of the system.

A multipurpose combined flexible floating breakwater, wherein each water-surface wave absorbing structure comprises a rubber buoy, a bearing rope passing through a central hole of the rubber buoy, active shackles connected at two ends of the bearing rope, and anti-sliding devices arranged at two ends of the rubber buoy to prevent the rubber buoy from sliding on the bearing rope randomly; a connecting structure comprises a cross-shaped pull ring and a connecting anchor chain, the cross-shaped pull ring is used for connecting adjacent water-surface wave absorbing structures in the same row, and the connecting anchor chain with two ends connected with the active shackles is used for connecting adjacent water-surface wave absorbing structures in different rows; and the purpose of mooring is achieved through a mooring system.

A device for damping hydrosound in liquid having a frequency range emitted from a sound-emitting body in the liquid includes: a plurality of individual gas volumes distributed in the liquid in an area of the sound-emitting body and at a distance from each other, each of the individual gas volumes being operable to reduce the hydrosound through resonant oscillations; and at least one mass body disposed in the liquid, the individual gas volumes being connected to the at least one mass body so as to prevent the individual gas volumes from rising up in the liquid.

A water-surface wave-absorbing structure comprises an equipment cabin and an airbag cabin vertically mounted below the equipment cabin; a solar cell module and an energy storage device in the equipment cabin are mounted on an upper surface of the equipment cabin, a signal transceiver is mounted on top portions of the solar cell module and the energy storage device, a central air distributing device is mounted in the equipment cabin, two ends of the central air distributing device are respectively connected to an air compressor and an air storage tank through vent pipelines, and a central controller is arranged in the central air distributing device and sends control instructions to the central air distributing device and the air compressor; and the airbag cabin comprises a plurality of airbag units, each airbag unit is provided with a plurality of mutually independent air chambers.

The present invention relates to a self-raising wave barrier for providing an alleviation of a load due to wave action from a body of water on the side of the wave barrier remote from the body of water. The barrier includes a series of barrier assemblies providing alleviation of the load due to the wave action. Each barrier assembly includes a holder for a wave barrier element which is anchored to a bottom of the body of water or a surface adjacent to the body of water, a wave barrier element arrangeable movably over a path of movement in the holder between a lower rest state and a higher active state, and holding means for holding and/or stopping the wave barrier element in the higher active state.