Design and Construction of Harbours - A Treatise on Maritime Engineering

Klappentext This comprehensive text on harbour design was published in an expanded second edition in 1874 by the internationally acknowledged expert. Zusammenfassung Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887) was a member of the exceptional dynasty of Scottish engineers. In this 1874 work, Stevenson studies the effects of wind, waves and tides on coastline and man-made structures, and shows how the design of each harbour needs to take a wide range of factors into consideration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Interior works - exterior works - different classes of harbours; 2. Geological and other physical features; 3. Generation of waves; 4. Force of the waves; 5. Conditions which affect the force of waves; 6. Design of profile, etc., of harbours in deep water; 7. Design of profile, etc., for tidal harbours; 8. Design of ground-plan of harbours; 9. Docks, tide-basins, locks, graving-docks, slips, etc.; 10. Materials, kinds of masonry, implements, etc.; 11. On the efficacy of tide and fresh water in preserving the outfall of harbours and rivers; 12. Miscellaneous subjects relating to harbours.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Stevenson, Stevenson Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108029674
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02967-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, Structural engineering