A device comprising a corkscrew; a substantially flexible shaft operably attached to the corkscrew at a first end of the shaft; and one or more protrusions extending from the shaft between the first end of the shaft and a second end of the shaft. Methods of using the device are also disclosed.

A non-ferrous non-reactive precast shoreline restoration and retention solution may include at least one generally hexagonal structure including a body having a first end opposite a second end. The body may define a passage from the first end to the second end and at least one aperture defined in the side or sides of the body. The at least one aperture may be constructed and arranged to allow fluid flow through the passage of the at least one generally hexagonal structure. In this way, at least one or a plurality of non-ferrous non-reactive precast shoreline restoration solution may reduce erosion of shoreline and reef by functioning as a wave break in an aquatic operating environment.

A coastal resilience system for disrupting wave energy and storm surge flux and allowing accumulation of tidal-borne sediment has an interconnected network of biomatter-heavy floating mats positioned in water near a shoreline, and an interconnection subsystem with connection lines flexibly connecting adjacent floatable mats. Lines may be connected, at a plurality of force transfer points or regions within or near the interior of the mat, to other interconnection components positioned within the mat. In some embodiments, mats have yoke sites spaced around their edges and a connection line extends in a straight line from a first yoke site, through the interior of a mat, and to a second yoke site. The connection lines may intersect at an intersection position in the interior of the floatable mat, multiple connection lines may extend across the interior of the mat, but not always through a center of the interior of the mat.

The present invention relates to an erosion control apparatus and methods of using and installing the apparatus. The apparatus is constructed to prevent erosion of soil during typical weather or tidal conditions and adverse weather events. The apparatus can include a plurality of anchored rolls and soil lifts operative to stabilize the shoreline.

The present invention relates to an erosion control apparatus and methods of using and installing the apparatus. The apparatus is constructed to prevent erosion of soil during typical weather or tidal conditions and adverse weather events. The apparatus can include a plurality of anchored rolls and soil lifts operative to stabilize the shoreline.

The invention provides a method for preventing super large-scale floods and debris flows. First, the scale corresponding to certain standard floods in the watershed is evaluated based on field investigations and historical data. Second, the design standards of the system are chosen based on the prevention of super large-scale floods, and the design standard of critical control engineering is further determined. Finally, the design methods of check dams with different functional zones are proposed according to the design standards of critical control engineering. The invention allows part of the key control dam to fail under safe operating conditions of the entire system by increasing the cross-sectional areas and the flow discharges. The unbroken foundation of the dam can effectively control the channel entrainment and regulate the cross-sectional discharge. The design is helpful in mitigating giant floods and debris flows, thus protecting downstream infrastructures.

A floating barrier float section, and a waterfront barrier system formed from a number of connected float sections. An elongated main flotation tube has radially outwardly extending fence posts with connecting members, such as nets, between them, forming multiple longitudinal net sections about the circumference of the flotation tube, at least one of the net sections extending upwardly and forming a barrier to vessel passage. A vessel strike tends to rotate the flotation tube about its longitudinal axis, absorbing the energy from the strike and rotating the flotation tube to bring another net section into position. An underwater ballast member and a stabilizer float member may be added for additional resistance to rotation.

A floating barrier float section, and a waterfront barrier system formed from a number of connected float sections. An elongated main flotation tube has radially outwardly extending fence posts with connecting members, such as nets, between them, forming multiple longitudinal net sections about the circumference of the flotation tube, at least one of the net sections extending upwardly and forming a barrier to vessel passage. A vessel strike tends to rotate the flotation tube about its longitudinal axis, absorbing the energy from the strike and rotating the flotation tube to bring another net section into position. An underwater ballast member and a stabilizer float member may be added for additional resistance to rotation.

An integrated anchoring structure of basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) bars for a reservoir bank slope includes: a plurality of BFRP anchoring bars, where each of the BFRP anchoring bars includes a plurality of BFRP bars bonded to one another, a lower steel casing pipe, an upper steel casing pipe and a steel strand bonded to an upper portion of the upper steel casing pipe and aligned with the BFRP bars, and a grating array temperature sensing optical cable, a grating array stress sensing optical cable and a grating array vibration sensing optical cable are bonded in each of the BFRP bars; a plurality of shear-resistant bricks distributed on structural planes; a pouring base arranged at a bottom of the anchoring borehole; and an anchoring section arranged at an upper portion of the pouring base.

An integrated anchoring structure of basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) bars for a reservoir bank slope includes: a plurality of BFRP anchoring bars, where each of the BFRP anchoring bars includes a plurality of BFRP bars bonded to one another, a lower steel casing pipe, an upper steel casing pipe and a steel strand bonded to an upper portion of the upper steel casing pipe and aligned with the BFRP bars, and a grating array temperature sensing optical cable, a grating array stress sensing optical cable and a grating array vibration sensing optical cable are bonded in each of the BFRP bars; a plurality of shear-resistant bricks distributed on structural planes; a pouring base arranged at a bottom of the anchoring borehole; and an anchoring section arranged at an upper portion of the pouring base.