DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PORTS AND MARINE STRUCTURES

1. Growth and regulation of ports 1.1 History of port growth 1.2 Factors affecting the growth of ports 1.3 port authorities 1.4 Regulatory bodies 1.5 Financing 2. Wind, tides and waves 2.1 Wind 2.2 Tides 2.3 Waves 3. Harbour planning and construction 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Ship characteristics as they relate to port planning 3.3 Harbour and channel lines 3.4 Planning a port 3.5 Site investigation 3.6 Hydraulic model investigation 3.7 Description of various selected ports 4. Breakwaters 4.1 Types of breakwaters and factors determining their selection 4.2 Rock-mound breakwaters 4.3 Examples of rock-mound breakwaters 4.4 Concrete block and rock-mound breakwaters 4.5 Examples of concrete block on rock-mound breakwaters 4.6 Breakwaters armoured with irregular concrete units 4.7 Examples of tetrapod and tribar construction 4.8 Experimental design studies of mound breakwaters 4.9 Examples of breakwater models 4.10 Vertical-wall breakwater 4.11 Example of vertical-wall-type breakwaters 4.12 Pneumatic and hydraulic breakwaters 4.13 Floating breakwaters 5. Wharves, piers, bulkheads, dolphins and moorings 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Factors controlling selection of type of dock 5.3 Types and materials of construction 5.4 Design considerations 5.5 Design of piles and cylinders for the support of docks 5.6 Dock fenders 5.7 Typical examples of the design of docks 5.8 Unusual dock construction 5.9 Dolphins 5.10 Moles, trestles and catwalks 5.11 Offshore moorings 5.12 Mooring accessories 5.13 Shipping-terminal utilities 5.14 Cathodic protection protection 6. Port buildings 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Transit sheds and warehouses 6.3 Examples of modern transit-shed construction 6.4 Cold-storage buildings 6.5 Port administration buildings 7. General cargo-handling equipment 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Loading and unloading the ship 7.3 Handling on land 7.4 Handling in the hold 7.5 Pallets 8. Bulk cargo shipping terminals 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Storage facilities 8.3 Material-handling equipment 8.4 Self-unloading ships 8.5 Terminal facilities 8.6 Oil terminals 8.7 Some modern bulk cargo terminals 9. Container-shipping terminals 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Planning a container terminals 9.3 Types of container operations 9.4 Container terminal systems for lift-on operations 9.5 Container boxes 9.6 Container handling equipment 9.7 Typical container terminals 9.8 Barge-carrying ships 10 Navigation aids 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Purpose 10.3 Buoys 10.4 Fixed-structure channel markers 10.5 Navigation lights on piers 10.6 Fixed-structure beacon lights on breakwater 10.7 Lighthouses 10.8 Lightships 10.9 Range-light installation 10.10 Radar reflectors 10.11 Marine beacon-light lanterns 10.12 Moorings 11. Marinas 11.1 Characteristics of marinas 11.2 Pier Construction for marinas

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