Port designer's handbook

Port designer's handbook

by Thoresen, Carl A.

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'The Port Designer's Handbook', third edition provides practising port and harbour consulting engineers with essential guidance and recommendations for the layout, design and construction of modern harbour and port structures. The third edition is extensively revised and discusses various factors to consider when designing efficient container terminals.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Port designer's handbook / Carl A. Thoresen.

Summary

'The Port Designer's Handbook', third edition provides practising port and harbour consulting engineers with essential guidance and recommendations for the layout, design and construction of modern harbour and port structures. The third edition is extensively revised and discusses various factors to consider when designing efficient container terminals.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014
  • Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):ICE Publishing
  • Place of Publication:Westminster, London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014

Notes

Previous edition: 2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvii, 587 pages) : : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781680154085, 1680154087
  • oclc:ocn905905339
  • LC Classification:TC205
  • Dewey Decimal:627.2

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.

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  • Port Designer's Handbook, 3rd Edition -- (.pdf)

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