Quay Walls
This new edition of the handbook of Quay Walls provides the reader with essential knowledge for the planning, design, execution and maintenance of quay walls, plus general information about historic developments and lessons gained from observation of ports in various countries. Technical chapters are followed by a detailed calculation of a quay wall, based on semi-probabilistic design procedures, applying the theory presented earlier. New experience has been obtained by many practitioners using the book, as well as the new Eurocodes in 2012 and additional recommendations for using FEM-analysis with quay wall design, leading to the need to update this handbook.
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Quay Walls
This new edition of the handbook of Quay Walls provides the reader with essential knowledge for the planning, design, execution and maintenance of quay walls, plus general information about historic developments and lessons gained from observation of ports in various countries. Technical chapters are followed by a detailed calculation of a quay wall, based on semi-probabilistic design procedures, applying the theory presented earlier. New experience has been obtained by many practitioners using the book, as well as the new Eurocodes in 2012 and additional recommendations for using FEM-analysis with quay wall design, leading to the need to update this handbook.
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This new edition of the handbook of Quay Walls provides the reader with essential knowledge for the planning, design, execution and maintenance of quay walls, plus general information about historic developments and lessons gained from observation of ports in various countries. Technical chapters are followed by a detailed calculation of a quay wall, based on semi-probabilistic design procedures, applying the theory presented earlier. New experience has been obtained by many practitioners using the book, as well as the new Eurocodes in 2012 and additional recommendations for using FEM-analysis with quay wall design, leading to the need to update this handbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781317696094
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 12/02/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 656
File size: 36 MB
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About the Author

J.G. de Gijt, M.L. Broeken

Table of Contents

Foreword, Samenvatting, Summary, Chapter 1. Introduction, Chapter 2. Overview of quay wall construction, Chapter 3. Main types of quay walls, Chapter 4. Investigation, Chapter 5. Terms of reference, Chapter 6. Design of Quay walls, Chapter 7. Quay-elements, Chapter 8. Materials, Chapter 9. Construction, Chapter 10. Costs, Chapter 11. Management and maintenance of Quay walls, Chapter 12. Lessons from experience, Chapter 13. Future developments, Chapter 14. Bibliography and standards, Annex A Glossary of terms and abbreviations used, Notation, Index
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