KR101657278B1 - Armor unit against high wave - Google Patents

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KR101657278B1
KR101657278B1 KR1020160038973A KR20160038973A KR101657278B1 KR 101657278 B1 KR101657278 B1 KR 101657278B1 KR 1020160038973 A KR1020160038973 A KR 1020160038973A KR 20160038973 A KR20160038973 A KR 20160038973A KR 101657278 B1 KR101657278 B1 KR 101657278B1
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The present invention relates to a wave absorbing block which is installed on a breakwater which protects a coast from a wave entering a shore from the open sea to reduce a height of an incident wave and a reflection wave reflected from the breakwater. The wave absorbing block comprises: a cuboid main body formed in a cuboid shape; a trapezoidal protrusion protruding and forming a trapezoidal cross section on four vertical surfaces forming the cuboid main body; a cuboid leg unit which is extended on each end of the trapezoidal protrusion in a protruding direction, is formed in a cuboid shape, and forms a radial leg around the cuboid main body; and a chamfer unit which protrudes on each end of the cuboid leg unit to form an inclined surface in a horizontal direction, and is vertically symmetric about a horizontal center axis of the cuboid leg unit.

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ARMOR UNIT AGAINST HIGH WAVE

The present invention relates to a sofa block, and more particularly, to a sofa block provided on a breakwater for protecting the coast from waves incident on the coast from the outside sea to reduce the wave of incident waves and the reflected waves generated from the breakwaters will be.

Generally, the sofa block is installed in a harbor structure such as a breakwater, a sea shore, etc., and when a large wave from the sea breaks waves, it breaks waves to reduce the power of wave. Also, it permeates waves through the space between installed sofa blocks, And the rise of wave gears to prevent breakage of port structures such as breakwater and shore,

Such a conventional sofa block is advantageous to attenuate a large amount of waves at a time because a lot of space between installed sofa blocks must be secured. Therefore, it is manufactured in various forms having many pillars or feet, Thereby weakening the waves so that the waves do not emit again in the pores of the other sofa blocks.

Therefore, as long as the contact surface of the wave block is as large as possible, the surface area of the wave is increased, and the wave is crushed by the resistance, and the wave is abruptly weakened to prevent the rising and falling of the reflected wave and wave. .

However, since the existing sofa block is composed of a cylinder protruding in the shape of a square horn, the surface of the column has a circular cross-section, so that the wave hitting the surface protrudes without any resistance or slips slightly from the front of the column There is a problem that the wave can not be smoothly pulverized as it goes out.

In addition, existing sofa blocks are difficult to cope with high waves of 10 m or more, which frequently occur due to recent rapid climate change, and there is a problem that a part of a column is broken or a structure itself is damaged by such a high-impact.

On the other hand, there is a sofa block proposed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1399812 as a sofa block of the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sofa block of the prior art includes a central body 110, a first connecting portion 120 formed integrally with the central body, a plurality of which extend radially from the central body, and a second connecting portion 120 formed at the end of the first connecting portion. And a second block 155 formed at an end of the second connection part. The second connection part 140 is formed integrally with the central body. The second connection part 140 extends vertically and horizontally from the center body.

However, the sofa block of the prior art can not be naturally tied to another sofa block since the connecting portions 120 and 140 and the blocks 135 and 155 extending from the central body form a substantially hexahedron, There is a limit to be connected through the member.

On the other hand, as another prior art, there is a polygonal sofa block proposed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1214463.

The prior art is composed of connecting pillars and three supporting pillars on both sides of the connecting pillars.

This prior art has the problem that the legs are formed in a cylindrical shape and are not enough to crush the waves, and protrusions are formed on the respective legs.

In addition, the sofa block of the prior art lacks a structure in which the connecting portions of the respective legs can be reinforced, so that there is a problem that the legs are vulnerable to breakage.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1399812 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1214463

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to overcome the problems of the prior art as described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing an optical waveguide by providing legs in radial form in each of protrusions projecting in a trapezoidal structure along an outer peripheral surface of a main body, And it is an object of the present invention to provide a sofa block capable of forming a gap with a coupled sofa block while the coupling force between the sofa block and the surrounding coast structure is improved.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sofa block comprising: a main body having a polygonal columnar shape; A protrusion formed on each of the vertical surfaces of the body portion and having a protruding width increasing toward the center of the body portion; And a leg extending from each end of the protrusion and forming a radial leg about the main body.

Specifically, the sofa block of the present invention comprises: a rectangular parallelepiped main body portion formed of a rectangular parallelepiped; A trapezoidal protrusion protruding from each of the four vertical surfaces of the rectangular parallelepiped body to form a trapezoidal cross section; A rectangular parallelepiped leg extending in a protruding direction on each of the ends of the trapezoidal protrusion and formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and forming a radial leg about the rectangular parallelepiped body portion; And a chamfer portion protruding from each of the end portions of the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion to form a horizontal inclined face and vertically symmetric about a horizontal central axis of the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion, wherein the rectangular parallelepiped body portion is formed into a square horizontal cross- Wherein the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion has a vertical length that is longer than a length of one side of the square while the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion is formed into a vertical cross section having the same square as the horizontal cross section of the rectangular parallelepiped body portion and has a longer horizontal length than the length of one side of the square, The ratio of the vertical length of the rectangular parallelepiped body portion to the length of one side is 1: 2.2 to 1: 2.6, and the ratio of the horizontal length of the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion to the length of one side of the square is 1: 1.2 to 1: 1.6 , And the trapezoidal stones with respect to the length of one side of the square The ratio of the protruding length portion is 1: 0.7 to 1: 0.9, the ratio of the protruding length of the chamfer on the one side length of the square forming the 1: characterized in that the 0.4: 0.2 to 1.

The trapezoidal protrusion may form an inclined surface between the rectangular parallelepiped body portion and the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion and the inclined surface may be formed at an angle of less than 45 degrees while vertically symmetric about the horizontal central axis of the rectangular parallelepiped body portion .

According to the sofa block according to the present invention, the trapezoidal protrusions are protruded from the vertical surfaces of the respective main body portions constituting the rectangular parallelepiped, and the leg portions of the rectangular parallelepiped are extended on the respective trapezoidal protrusions so that the connecting portions of the leg portions and the main body portion are reinforced by the trapezoidal protrusions Therefore, the stiffness is improved, so that it is not easily broken even at the high incidence wave, and when the leg is broken, the trapezoidal protrusion remains in a protruded state, so that the structural stability can be maintained.

Further, according to the present invention, since the chamfer portion having a horizontal inclined surface is formed on the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion, the chamfered portion can be easily pierced into a space with another adjoining sofa block, so that it can be easily interlocked with the sofa blocks, And when the sofa block is provided on the inclined surface, the inclined surface of the chamfered portion is brought into close contact with the ground, so that the supporting force can be improved.

1 is a perspective view showing a sofa block according to the prior art;
2 is a perspective view showing a sofa block according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the leg portion shown in Fig. 2 is cut. Fig.
4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a sofa block according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted.

Embodiments in accordance with the concepts of the present invention can make various changes and have various forms, so that specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in this specification or application. It is to be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concepts of the present invention to the particular forms of disclosure, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between. Other expressions that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to" should be interpreted as well.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises ", or" having ", or the like, specify that there is a stated feature, number, step, operation, , Steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, as a matter of principle.

The sofa block according to the present invention is interlocked with another sofa block and installed on the outer sea side of the breakwater so as to crush and reduce waves incident on the shore. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 100, A plurality of legs 300, and a plurality of chamfered portions 400. As shown in FIG.

The main body 100 is the center of the sofa block.

The main body 100 is formed of a concrete structure and is formed into a plurality of columns to provide weight.

2, the main body 100 may be formed in the shape of a square, that is, a rectangular parallelepiped, and may provide four vertical surfaces along the circumference. As shown in FIG. 2, Six vertical planes can be provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rectangular parallelepiped body portion 100 may be formed as a horizontal cross-section 110 having a square shape and extended vertically.

4, it is preferable that the rectangular parallelepiped body portion 100 is formed to have a longer vertical length L8 than a length L1 of one side of a square forming the horizontal cross section 110, and a specific ratio will be described later .

The protrusion 200 is a component that protrudes along the circumference of the main body 100 to reinforce the connecting portion between the main body 100 and the leg 300 while providing an extended portion of the leg 300 described later .

As shown in FIG. 2, the protrusions 200 protrude from each of the four vertical surfaces of the main body 100 while forming a trapezoidal cross-section.

That is, the protrusion 200 has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape protruding from the vertical surface of the main body 100, and has a protruding width increasing toward the center of the main body 100.

Therefore, the trapezoidal protrusion 200 functions to reinforce the connection part of the leg part 300, and when the leg part 300 described later is broken, the trapezoidal protrusion 200 remains in a state protruding along the circumference of the body part 100 Stability is maintained.

The trapezoidal protrusion 200 forms an inclined surface 210 between the rectangular parallelepiped body portion 100 and the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion 200. The inclined surface 210 is vertically symmetrical about the horizontal central axis of the body portion 100, So as to reinforce the connecting portion between the main body 100 and the leg 300.

4, the protrusion length L9 of the protrusion 200 is preferably shorter than the length L1 of one side of the square constituting the horizontal section 110 of the main body 100 described above .

In addition, it is preferable that the inclined surface 210 constituting the protrusion 200 is formed at an angle (a) of less than 45 degrees as shown in FIG.

In addition, the inclined surface 210 of the protrusion 200 may be formed in a planar state, or alternatively may be formed in a convex or concave curved surface.

The legs 300 are formed at the ends of the protrusions 200 to form a radial leg about the main body 100 and interlocking with another leg of the sofa block to provide a binding force.

3, the leg 300 is formed as a vertical section 310 having the same size as the horizontal section 110 of the main body 100, and is extended in the horizontal direction to form a rectangular parallelepiped Form.

4, it is preferable that the rectangular parallelepiped leg 300 has a longer horizontal length L5 than a length t of one side of a square forming the vertical cross section 310. [

That is, the length L1 of one side of the square constituting the vertical section 110 of the body 100 is equal to the length t of one side of the square constituting the horizontal section 310 of the leg 300 .

Since the leg portion 300 is extended in the form of being reinforced by the protrusion 200, the rigidity is reinforced and is not easily damaged by the high incident wave.

In addition, even if the legs 300 are broken, the main body 100 and the protrusions 200 remain and provide the weight, so that stability can be maintained. As the protrusions 200 remain in the protruded state, It is possible to maintain the binding force with

The chamfer 400 is formed in a wedge shape on each end of the leg 300 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and forms a horizontal inclined surface 410.

It is preferable that the chamfered portion 400 is formed in a vertically symmetrical state about the horizontal central axis of the leg portion 300 in the horizontal direction.

Accordingly, the leg portion 300 can be easily inserted into the space with another sofa block through the inclined surface 410 of the chamfered portion 400 and can be interlocked and interlocked. When the leg portion 300 is stacked on the inclined floor, The sloping surface 410 of the sloping surface can be tightly supported by being brought into close contact with the bottom surface of the sloped surface to provide frictional force.

4, the protruding length L4 of the chamfered portion 400 is preferably shorter than the length t of one side of the square constituting the vertical end surface 310 of the leg portion 300. Referring to FIG.

The inclined surface 410 of the chamfered portion 400 may be formed in a planar state, or may be formed in a convex or concave curved surface.

Meanwhile, the ratio of each constitution of the sofa block of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

The ratio of the vertical length L8 of the main body portion 100 to the length L1 of one side of the square constituting the horizontal end face 110 of the main body portion 100 is 1 (L1): 2.2 (L8) To 1 (L1): 2.4 (L8).

The ratio of the horizontal length L5 of the leg portion 300 to the length t of one side of the square constituting the vertical section 310 of the leg portion 300 is 1 (t): 1.2 (t) L5) to 1 (t): 1.6 (L5).

The ratio of the protruding length L9 of the protrusion 200 to the length L1 of one side of the square constituting the horizontal section 110 of the main body 100 is 1 (L1): 0.7 (L9) to 1 (L1): 0.9 (L9).

The ratio of the protruding length L4 of the chamfered portion 400 to the length t of one side of the square constituting the vertical section 310 of the leg 300 is 1 (t): 0.2 (L4) To 1 (t): 0.4 (L4).

The volume, weight and length of each portion according to the standard of the sofa block may be more preferably prepared as shown in Table 1 below.

[Table 1]

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The sofa block of the present invention including the above-mentioned components is installed along the longitudinal direction of the breakwater or the coastal structure so as to break the incident wave and reduce the wave.

At this time, the sofa block of the present invention is inserted into the space of another sofa block through the chamfered portion 400 formed at the end of the leg portion 300, and is interlocked and installed in a state of being engaged.

The sofa block of the present invention breaks the wave by making contact with the incident wave through the surface of the protrusion 200 or the surface of the leg 300, and breaks the reflected wave of blue through the gap with the other sofa block.

At this time, as the connection part of the leg part 200 with the body part 100 is reinforced by the protrusion part 200, the wave part breaks the wave while maintaining the binding force without being damaged by the wave.

As described above, in the sofa block according to the present invention, the trapezoidal protrusions 200 are protruded from the vertical surfaces of the body portions 100 forming the rectangular parallelepiped, and the leg portions 300 of the rectangular parallelepiped are extended from the respective trapezoidal protrusions 200 The connecting portion between the leg portion 300 and the main body portion 100 is reinforced by the trapezoidal protrusion portion 200 according to the present invention so that the stiffness is improved so that it is not easily damaged even in the high incident wave. (200) remains in a protruded state, so that structural stability can be maintained.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions, and alterations can be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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110: horizontal cross section
200: protrusion
210: protrusion inclined surface
300: leg
310: vertical section
400: chamfering
410: chamfer slope

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delete A sofa block provided on a breakwater or a coastal structure for breaking waves,
A rectangular parallelepiped body portion formed of a rectangular parallelepiped;
A trapezoidal protrusion protruding from each of the four vertical surfaces of the rectangular parallelepiped body to form a trapezoidal cross section;
A rectangular parallelepiped leg extending in a protruding direction on each of the ends of the trapezoidal protrusion and formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and forming a radial leg about the rectangular parallelepiped body portion; And
And a chamfered portion protruding from each of the ends of the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion to form a horizontal inclined face and vertically symmetric about a horizontal central axis of the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion,
The rectangular parallelepiped body portion has a vertical length that is longer than the length of one side of the square,
Wherein the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion has a vertical length that is the same as a horizontal cross section of the rectangular parallelepiped body portion and has a longer horizontal length than the length of one side of the square,
The ratio of the vertical length of the rectangular parallelepiped body portion to the length of one side of the square is 1: 2.2 to 1: 2.6,
The ratio of the horizontal length of the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion to the length of one side of the square is 1: 1.2 to 1: 1.6,
The ratio of the projecting length of the trapezoidal projection to the length of one side of the square is 1: 0.7 to 1: 0.9,
Wherein the ratio of the protruding length of the chamfered portion to the length of one side of the square is 1: 0.2 to 1: 0.4.
The method of claim 2,
The trapezoidal projection
An inclined surface is formed between the rectangular parallelepiped body portion and the rectangular parallelepiped leg portion,
The inclined surface
Wherein the rectangular parallelepiped is formed with an angle of less than 45 degrees while vertically symmetric about a horizontal central axis of the rectangular parallelepiped body portion.
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