Port designer's handbook

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thoresen Carl A
Published: Thomas Telford,
Publisher Address: London
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xvii, 554 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780727740861 (hbk.)
0727740865
Index Number: U652
CLC: U652
Call Number: U652/T489/2nd.ed.
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.