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Port designer's handbook : recommendations and guidelines / Carl A. Thoresen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thoresen, Carl A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harbors--Design and construction.
- Harbors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 549 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Thomas Telford, 2003.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Port planning
- 2. Environmental forces
- 3. Channel and harbour basins
- 4. Berthing requirements
- 5. Impact from ships
- 6. Design considerations
- 7. Safety consideration
- 8. Types of berth structures
- 9. Gravity-wall structures
- 10. Sheet pile wall structures
- 11. Open berth structures
- 12. Berth details
- 13. Container terminals
- 14. Fenders
- 15. Erosion protection
- 16. Steel corrosion
- 17. Underwater concreting
- 18. Concrete deterioration
- 19. Concrete repair
- 20. Ship dimensions
- 21. Definitions
- 22. Conversion factors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780727738363 (e-book)
- 9780727732286 (hbk.)
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