Port designer's handbook : recommendations and guidelines
This handbook reflects the lastest progress and developments in navigation safety, port planning and site selection, layout of container, oil and gas terminals, cargo handling, berth design and construction, fender and mooring principles.
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| Main Author | |
|---|---|
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
London :
Thomas Telford,
2003.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781680150346 1680150340 9780727738363 0727738364 0727732285 9780727732286 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xviii, 549 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Port planning
- Environmental forces
- Channel and harbour basins
- Berthing requirements
- Impact from ships
- Design considerations
- Safety consideration
- Types of berth structures
- Gravity-wall structures
- Sheet pile wall structures
- Open berth structures
- Berth details
- Container terminals
- Fenders
- Erosion protection
- Steel corrosion
- Underwater concreting
- Concrete deterioration
- Concrete repair
- Ship dimensions
- Definitions
- Conversion factors.