CE 494 Port Planning And Design

Credit Structure: (2-2) 3

Catalog Description:
Importance and classification of ports, ports and shipping technology, site selection. Traffic pattern, economical analysis, optimum capacity, port layout. Determination of design wave characteristics. Breakwater alignment, design of breakwaters, berthing structures, quays, bollards, fenders.

Course Objectives:
• To introduce port planning methods and models considering necessary criteria such as traffic capacity, optimum port capacity and optimum layout dimensions
• To give information about site selection with discussing non-technical, technical, national and political reasons, special factors, hydraulic and geological conditions
• To enable students to use their basic knowledge about design characteristics such as waves, winds, tides, currents, bottom topography, coastal sedimentation, bottom conditions, climatic influences in design applications of ports
• To give information about hinterland studies in port planning and design
 

Prerequisites:
CE 491

Textbook(s):
None

Reference(s):
"Port Engineering", Per Bruun, TC 205.B78, 1981, 627.2 81-603 ISBN 0-87201-739-7,AACR2, Gulf Publishing Co. Houston, Texas, 1981
"Design and Construction of Ports and Marine Structures", Quinn A.D., McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1961
"Coastal Engineering Manual", U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,US Army Coastal Engineering Research Center, Washington D.C., USA, 2003
"Random Seas and Design of Maritime Structures", Y. Goda, University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
"Estuary and Coastline Hydrodynamics", Ippen A.T., McGraw-Hill Book Company, USA, 1966
"Design Manual for Coastal Facilities", Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Infrastructure Development Institute The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute, Japan, 2000
 

Syllabus:
1. INTRODUCTION (2 weeks)
1.1. Scope of the course
1.2. Ethics, professional responsibility and legal issues for civil engineers
1.3. Importance of ports and international agreements
1.4. Classification of ports
1.5. Turkish ports
2. PORT AND SHIPPING TECHNOLGY AND ECONOMICS (1 week)
2.1. Developments of Port Operations and Technology
2.2. Main Layout
2.3. Ship and ship characteristics
2.4. Cargo and cargo handling
2.5. Storage policies and areas
3. PORT PLANNING AND DESIGN (5 weeks)
3.1. Port Planning Methods and Models
3.2. Site Selection
4. DESIGN OF PORT STRUCTURES (6 weeks)
4.1. Design wave characteristics
4.2. General Layout
4.3. Design of breakwater
4.3. Design of Fenders and Bollards
4.4. Design of relieving platform
 

Grading System:
15 % Midterm
20 % Progress Reports and Interim Evaluations
40 % Final presentation and report
25 % Final

Maximum Class Size and Student Quota:
50 for Department Students
5 for Non-Department Students

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
60 % of the Overall Grade

Computer Usage:
Computer is used to work on wave hindcasting and statistical analysis of waves for design.

Laboratory Work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: None
Engineering Design: 3
Engineering Sciences: None
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: 3

Instructors:
Prof. Dr. Ayşen Ergin