Piers, Jetties and Related Structures Exposed to Waves : Guidelines for Hydraulic Loadings / Giovanni Cuomo, Andrea Polidoro, and William Allsop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cuomo, Giovanni, author.

Polidoro, Andrea, author.

Allsop, N. W. H. (Nigel William Henry), 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--Juvenile literature.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.

Summary:

Piers, Jetties and Related Structures Exposed to Waves, Second Editiondelivers guidelines for engineers to analyse and optimise pier and jetty designs. It is essential reading for maritime designers and consultants tasked with analysing, designing and constructing piers and jetties.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

About the Authors

Notations

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1. Background - Why are 'exposed jetties' constructed?

1.2. Typical design issues and the need for guidance

1.3. Objectives of these guidelines

1.4. Principal updates

1.5. Use of these guidelines

1.6. Structure of the guidelines

Chapter 2: Definition of exposed jetties, typical locations and exposures

2.1. Definition of an exposed jetty

2.1.1 Simple solid quays

2.1.2 Open piled jetties

2.1.3 Rubble mound causeway

2.1.4 Marginal jetties/quays

2.2. Typical locations

2.3. Typical exposures and thresholds

Chapter 3: Aspects of design

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Hydraulic and related loads

3.2.1 Quasi-static and impulsive wave loads

Hydro-dynamic loads on vertical walls and related elements

Hydro-dynamic loads on piles

Hydro-dynamic loads on suspended deck structures (wave-in-deck loads)

Impact or slam loads

3.2.2 Wave overtopping loads

3.2.3 Current-induced loads

3.2.4 Vessel induced loads

Vessel berthing loads on jetty

Vessel mooring and breasting forces

3.2.5 Bed scour or morphological change

Lowering of seabed at or close to pile or wall

Interruption of coastal processes such that morphology of adjoining shoreline is altered

3.2.6 Future sea level rise

3.3. Acceptable risk issues

3.3.1 Selection of the design life

3.3.2 Design event return period

3.4. Approaches to design

3.4.1 Deterministic design

3.4.2 Sensitivity testing

3.4.3 Probabilistic design

3.4.4 Performance and reliability-based design

3.4.5 Prediction methods in this manual

3.5. Determining design wave conditions

3.5.1 Prediction of extreme waves

3.5.3. Depth-limited breaking

3.5.4 Linear wave theories.

3.5.5 Non-linear wave theories

3.5.6 Numerical models

Chapter 4: Wave loads on vertical elements

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Waves and currents induced loads on piles

4.2.1 Small diameter piles

Non-breaking wave loads

Current-induced loads

Breaking wave loads

Broken wave induced loads

4.2.2 Large diameter piles

Non-breaking wave loads (diffraction theory)

4.3. Wave loads on vertical walls

4.3.1 Non-breaking wave conditions

Positive (shoreward) loads on vertical walls

Negative (seaward) loads on vertical walls

4.3.2 Breaking wave conditions

Spatial coherence

4.3.3 Broken wave conditions

4.3.4 Wave forces acting on the shoreward side of the structure

Chapter 5: Wave loads on horizontal elements

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Air gap approach

5.2.1 Background

5.2.2 Selection of air gap

5.3. Prediction of extreme wave crest elevation, ηmax

5.4. Wave loads on decks

5.4.1 Introduction

5.4.2 Vertical loading (uplift and suction loads)

5.4.3 Horizontal loading

5.4.4 Impulsive and pulsating (quasi-static) loads

5.5. New design method

5.5.1 Introduction

Coastal bridges

5.5.2 Horizontal quasi-static positive (shoreward) loads

5.5.3 Horizontal quasi-static negative (seaward) loads

5.5.4 Vertical quasi-static positive (upward) loads

5.5.5 Effect of openings on quasi-static (upward) loads

5.5.6 Vertical quasi-static negative (downward) loads

5.5.7 Impulsive loads - Simplified (static) approach

5.6. Application of design methods

5.6.1 Factors of safety

5.6.2 Example calculations

Chapter 6: Scour

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Scour under steady flow

6.2.1 Scour patterns

6.2.2 Scour depth

6.3. Scour due to waves

6.3.1 Scour patterns

6.3.2 Scour depth

6.3.3 Breaking waves

6.3.4 Storm effects.

6.4. Effect of combined waves and currents

6.4.1 Scour depth

6.4.2 Scour pattern

6.5. Other influences

6.5.1 Time variation of scour

6.5.2 Influence of water depth

6.5.3 Pile shape

6.5.4 Sediment gradation

6.5.5 Cohesive sediment

6.5.6 Effect of resistant bed layer

6.5.7 Influence on pile fixity

6.6. Multiple pile groups

6.6.1 Linear arrays of piles

6.6.2 Pile cluster

6.6.3 Field observations

Chapter 7: Other design and construction issues

7.1. Key construction issues

7.1.1 Seek contractors' views

7.1.2 Temporary instability

7.1.3 Formwork and temporary bracing

7.1.4 Modular construction

7.1.5 Constructability

7.1.6 Relying on airgap for all elements

7.1.7 Elements designed to fail

7.1.8 Operational limits of marine plant

7.1.9 Construction schedule

7.1.10 Capital versus maintenance costs

7.2. Key maintenance issues

7.2.1 Location of plant, conveyors and pipelines

7.2.2 Access for inspection and maintenance

References

Appendix: Dynamics of wave induced impulsive loads

Relative importance of impact rise time and dynamics of structure

Procedure for determining the static equivalent load

Scale effects and probabilistic approaches to design

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Cuomo, Giovanni Piers, Jetties and Related Structures Exposed to Waves

ISBN:

9781835497166