Quay Walls
eBook - PDF

Quay Walls

  1. 656 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

About this book

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, as well as general information about historical developments and lessons learned from the observation of ports in various countries. Technical chapters are followed by a detailed calculation

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Yes, you can access Quay Walls by J.G. de Gijt, M.L. Broeken in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Civil Engineering. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

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