Core-Loc

catalog of prefabricated
coastal protection
units


Year 1999 (but brought to market in 2004)
Inventor Jeffrey A. Melby, Stephen R. Collinsworth
Country USA
Company US Army Corps of Engineers
Layer coefficient kΔ 1.516
Shape coefficient ks 0.2236
Stability number kd
13 (head) 16 (trunk)
Preferred design formula Use Hudson formula with appropriate kd value
{\displaystyle {\frac {H_{s}}{\Delta \cdot d_{n50}}}={\sqrt[{3}]{K_{d}cos\alpha }}}
Application double layer, random placement
Application range large waves
Patent US8132985B2
Trademark "Core-Loc" is an registered trademark, owned by USACE
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Commercial information:
  • The name Core-Loc may only be used outside USA with a license from the license owner, CLI (Concrete Layers Innovations). Within USA license is required from USACE.

Remarks

The Core-Loc is originally developed for the repair of Dolos breakwaters.