Mooring of ships to piers and wharves / / prepared by the Mooring Analysis Task Committee of the Technical Committee on Ports and Harbors of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by John W. Gaythwaite, P.E

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460541303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-68015-460-5; 0-7844-7842-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Collana: ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; ; number 129
• Disciplina: 627/.3
• Soggetti: Mooring of ships; Piers; Wharves; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""NOTATION""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 Purpose and Scope""; ""1.2 General Considerations""; ""1.3 Vessel Characteristics""; ""1.4 Port Facilities""; ""1.5 Mooring Arrangements""; ""1.6 Industry Standards""; ""2. MOORING PRACTICE AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS""; ""2.1 General Considerations""; ""2.2 Environmental Conditions""; ""2.3 Design Vessels and Berth Occupancy""; ""2.4 Design Criteria""; ""2.5 Allowable Loads and Factors of Safety""; ""3. MOORING SYSTEM COMPONENTS""; ""3.1 Mooring Lines""; ""3.2 Fittings and Hardware""; ""3.3 Dockside Equipment""""3.4 Fender Systems""; ""3.5 Docking Aid and Monitoring Systems""; ""3.6 Mechanical and Automated Mooring Systems""; ""3.7 Shipboard Equipment""; ""4. FORCES ON MOORED VESSELS""; ""4.1 General Considerations""; ""4.2 Wind Forces""; ""4.3 Current Forces""; ""4.4 Passing Vessel Forces""; ""4.5 Wave Forces""; ""4.6 Seiche and Long Wave Effects""; ""4.7 Tide and Draft Changes and Vessel Movements at Berth""; ""4.8 Ice""; ""5. MOORING ANALYSIS ; METHODS""; ""5.1 Static Mooring Analysis""; ""5.2 Dynamic Mooring Analysis""; ""5.3 Available Software""; ""5.4 Physical Models""; ""6. OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS""""6.1 General Considerations""; ""6.2 Vessel Movements""; ""6.3 Incidents/Breakaways""; ""6.4 Maintenance""; ""APPENDIX. UNIT CONVERSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""