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Dolos

A dolos (plural: dolosse: 10 ) is a wave-dissipating concrete block used in great numbers as a form of coastal management. It is a type of tetrapod. Weighing up to 8 tonnes (8.8 short tons), dolosse are used to build revetments for protection against the erosive force of waves from a body of water. The dolos was invented in 1963, and was first deployed…

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Construction

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Design protection

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Dolos

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Edges27
Triples57
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related to Credit for invention · 22
Dolos → Associated Science, Aubrey Kruger, City's, East London, East London Harbour Engineer, East London's, Eric Merrifield, H-shape, He, In, Jack Badham-Thornhill, July, Kruger, Kruger's, Merrifield, Piet Grobbelaar, Shell Design Award, South Africa's Gold Medal, South African Eric Mowbray, Technology Societies
related to Origin of name · 15
Dolos → African, Afrikaans, Boshof, Dutch, English, Joe Kruger, Kruger's, Latin, Nienaber, Rosenthal, Southern African, The, This, Wat, What
related to Construction · 7
Dolos → Dania Beach Erojacks, Dolosse, Florida, In Dania Beach, Roughly, The, They
related to Design protection · 7
Dolos → Harbours Administration, Kruger, Merrifield, South African Railways, State, The, Two
see also · 6
Dolos → Bay, California, Concrete, North Coast, RiprapHumboldt Bay, Static

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merrifield dolosse used design kruger concrete african protect citation needed east south also waves harbour blocks block form london afrikaans

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Dolosrelated to ConstructionThe0.60section
Dolosrelated to ConstructionThey0.60section
Dolosrelated to ConstructionIn Dania Beach0.60section
Dolosrelated to ConstructionFlorida0.60section
Dolosrelated to ConstructionDania Beach Erojacks0.60section
Dolosrelated to ConstructionRoughly0.60section
Dolosrelated to Credit for inventionThe0.60section
Dolosrelated to Credit for inventionSouth African Eric Mowbray0.60section
Dolosrelated to Credit for inventionMerrifield0.60section
Dolosrelated to Credit for inventionEast London Harbour Engineer0.60section
Dolosrelated to Credit for inventionEric Merrifield0.60section

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