An Annotated Bibliography Of Protective Structures Research

In today's world, reasonably predictable military operations have been replaced by low intensity conflicts-less predictable terrorist activities carried out by determined individuals or small groups that possess a wide range of backgrounds and capabilities. Because of the threats posed by this evolving type of warfare, civil engineers and emergency

This report describes a collection of 2,468 coastal engineering patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office from 1967 to 1976, a bibliographical guide to the collection, and the use of the patents and search aids. Patent topics include: coastal structures and structural components, structure protection and maintenance, construction methods and equipment, field research and survey instruments, hydraulic laboratory modeling equipment, marine pollution control apparatus, and ocean energy extraction devices. The bibliography is a separate three-volume appendix to this report dividing the 10-year period into three parts. Each volume includes a list of patent titles and numbers and an index by keywords as well as the patent annotations.