Port designer's handbook

Main Author: Thoresen, Carl A.
Language:English
Published: London Thomas Telford c2010
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Port planning
  • Environmental forces
  • Channel and harbour basins
  • Berthing requirements
  • Impact from ships
  • Design considerations
  • Safety considerations
  • 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
  • Port maintenance
  • Ship dimensions
  • Definitions
  • Conversion factors.