Fundamentals of Port Engineering

Fundamentals of Port Engineering
Author: Koos Schoonees
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-08
Genre: Coastal engineering
ISBN: 9781032131450

This book provides an introductory text to prospective (graduate) port engineers and presents a wide variety of port subjects for practicing engineers covering all topics related to port engineering in a fundamental way with discussions targeted at a conceptual design level augmented by examples and case studies.

Fundamentals of Port Engineering

Fundamentals of Port Engineering
Author: Koos Schoonees
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2023-12-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000932281

Port engineering primarily deals with the design, construction, operation, management, and maintenance of ports, overlapping with many other disciplines. This book provides an introductory text to prospective (graduate) port engineers and presents a wide variety of port subjects for practicing engineers. It covers almost all topics related to port engineering in a fundamental way, including dredging, marine aids to navigation, environmental issues, containers, liquid bulk, dry bulk, general cargo, multipurpose, roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro), fishing, and ferry terminals. Discussions are targeted at a conceptual design level. Other features: • Aspects of port engineering are discussed, including shipping, maritime trade, environmental aspects (such as climate change), resilience of ports, nature-based solutions, and port management (such as security, equipment, slurry pumping, and so forth). • Illustrates the design of port terminals. • Discusses site selection for a new port, the factors to be considered, and ways to compare different potential port sites. • Explores asset management and repair of marine structures. • Includes case studies from around the world, examples, and practical and user-friendly guidelines.

Port Engineering

Port Engineering
Author: Per Bruun
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 1488
Release: 1989
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This volume examines port economics, port navigation safety, and harbor hydraulics. It supplies you with descriptions of new findings in breakwater engineering, modeling techniques, marine structures and foundations, and terminal construction.

Port Engineering

Port Engineering
Author: Gregory P. Tsinker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 899
Release: 2004-02-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0471412740

This comprehensive book covers all major aspects of the design and maintenance of port facilities, including port planning, design loads for today's larger vessel size, seismic design guidelines, and breakwater design. New material addresses environmental concerns, the latest developments on inter-modal hubs and transfer points, and the latest information on port security and procedures being implemented around the world.

Maritime Work Law Fundamentals: Responsible Shipowners, Reliable Seafarers

Maritime Work Law Fundamentals: Responsible Shipowners, Reliable Seafarers
Author: Iliana Christodoulou-Varotsi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2007-10-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3540727507

The importance of international maritime labour law - both as a component of - ternational maritime law, and in socio-political and economic terms - has been recognised by the IMO International Maritime Law Institute for a number of years. Indeed, the Institute has annually organised a course on maritime labour law with the participation of inter alia the International Maritime Organization, the - ternational Labour Organization, the International Transport Workers’ Federation, and the German Shipowners’ Association. It was therefore a great pleasure when the authors invited me to introduce their forthcoming monograph on Maritime Work Law Fundamentals: Responsible S- powners Reliable Seafarers. As the title suggests, a fundamental challenge of this branch of international maritime law is to achieve a balance between the interests of the two main stakeholders. Institutionally, the effort to achieve this balance dates back a number of decades with its genesis mainly found in the work of the International Labour Organization. It has to be said that whilst this effort achieved great progress, it has led to a haphazard, plethora of legal instruments.

Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography

Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography
Author: Luiz Bruner de Miranda
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2017-01-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811030413

This book provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference in ecosystem between the continent and the ocean. It focuses on circulation, transport and mixing of estuarine and coastal water masses, which is ultimately related to an understanding of the hydrographic and hydrodynamic characteristics (salinity, temperature, density and circulation), mixing processes (advection and diffusion), transport timescales such as the residence time and the exposure time. In the area of physical oceanography, experiments using these water bodies as a natural laboratory and interpreting their circulation and mixing processes using theoretical and semi-theoretical knowledge are of fundamental importance. Small-scale physical models may also be used together with analytical and numerical models. The book highlights the fact that research and theory are interactive, and the results provide the fundamentals for the development of the estuarine research.

Seismic Design of Piers and Wharves

Seismic Design of Piers and Wharves
Author: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Earthquake resistant design
ISBN: 9780784413487

Standard ASCE/COPRI 61-14 uses displacement-based design methods to establish guidelines for the design of piers and wharves to withstand the effects of earthquakes.

From Fundamentals to Applications in Geotechnics

From Fundamentals to Applications in Geotechnics
Author: D. Manzanal
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 3344
Release: 2015-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1614996032

The work of geotechnical engineers contributes to the creation of safe, economic and pleasant spaces to live, work and relax all over the world. Advances are constantly being made, and the expertise of the profession becomes ever more important with the increased pressure on space and resources. This book presents the proceedings of the 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2015. This conference, held every four years, is an important opportunity for international experts, researchers, academics, professionals and geo-engineering companies to meet and exchange ideas and research findings in the areas of soil mechanics, rock mechanics, and their applications in civil, mining and environmental engineering. The articles are divided into nine sections: transportation geotechnics; in-situ testing; geo-engineering for energy and sustainability; numerical modeling in geotechnics; foundations and ground improvement; unsaturated soil behavior; embankments, dams and tailings; excavations and tunnels; and geo-risks, and cover a wide spectrum of issues from fundamentals to applications in geotechnics. This book will undoubtedly represent an essential reference for academics, researchers and practitioners in the field of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. In this proceedings, approximately 65% of the contributions are in English, and 35% of the contributions are in Spanish or Portuguese.

Port and Harbour Engineering

Port and Harbour Engineering
Author: Adrian Jarvis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 470
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

After an introductory essay on the historiography of port engineering, the editor presents a collection of 17 engineering history articles (collected from Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution for Civil Engineers, the Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society and other sources) whic

Electrical Engineering Fundamentals

Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
Author: S. Bobby Rauf
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000284980

Many, in their quest for knowledge in engineering, find typical textbooks intimidating. Perhaps due to an extensive amount of physics theory, an overwhelming barrage of math, and not enough practical application of the engineering principles, laws, and equations. Therein lies the difference between this text and those voluminous and daunting conventional university engineering textbooks. This text leads the reader into more complex and abstract content after explaining the electrical engineering concepts and principles in an easy to understand fashion, supported by analogies borrowed from day-to-day examples and other engineering disciplines. Many complex electrical engineering concepts, for example, power factor, are examined from multiple perspectives, aided by diagrams, illustrations, and examples that the reader can easily relate to. Throughout this book, the reader will gain a clear and strong grasp of electrical engineering fundamentals, and a better understanding of electrical engineering terms, concepts, principles, laws, analytical techniques, solution strategies, and computational techniques. The reader will also develop the ability to communicate with professional electrical engineers, controls engineers, and electricians on their "wavelength" with greater confidence. Study of this book can help develop skills and preparation necessary for succeeding in the electrical engineering portion of various certification and licensure exams, including Fundamentals of Engineering (FE), Professional Engineering (PE), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), and many other trade certification tests. This text can serve as a compact and simplified electrical engineering desk reference. This book provides a brief introduction to the NEC®, the Arc-Flash Code, and a better understanding of electrical energy and associated cost. If you need to gain a better understanding of myriad battery alternatives available in the market, their strengths and weaknesses, and how batteries compare with capacitors as energy storage devices, this book can be a starting point. This book is ideal for engineers, engineering students, facility managers, engineering managers, program/project managers, and other executives who do not possess a current working knowledge of electrical engineering. Because of the simple explanations, analogies, and practical examples employed by the author, this book serves as an excellent learning tool for non-engineers, technical writers, attorneys, electrical sales professionals, energy professionals, electrical equipment procurement agents, construction managers, facility managers, and maintenance managers.