31/10/2018
CALCULATED INTERLOCKING PROVIDES EXTREMELY STABIL COVER LAYER DESIGN
Efficient Interlocking between two Armor Units is only possible to be quantified by investigating the forces acting on the armors. IAS Technology provides such study by measuring two armor units under severe conditions:
1. Worst breaking wave condition caused by short waves.
2. Worst location of the armor units.
3. Simultaneous forces measurement of the two armor units to study the behavior of the forces acting in the two units.
The following link presents the force measurement set-up and the result of the study.
https://www.facebook.com/IASBREAKWATER/photos/a.225748649335/474550454335/?type=3&theater
The result of the studies was applied to design the unique IAS connectors for testing the strength of IAS cover layer design as demonstrated in the following video.
IAS technology was invented to distribute the forces simultaneously in two directions, forward and backward, to ensure that the whole units in a longitudinal direction work together as a teamwork. This is the unique design of IAS. The design performance can be seen in this video.
https://www.facebook.com/IASBREAKWATER/videos/1707044748749/
Force phenomenon, measured by "wasidevice"
Two equal cubical armor units were placed and isolated (no contact points) among the surrounding rocks as well as among themselves.
The cubical shape was chosen to allow the worst possible case due to its vertical bluff surface.