CE 486 Structural Design: Concrete Structures

Credit Structure: (2-2) 3

Catalog Description:
Classification of ports,  marinas, small craft harbours, developments, facilities and components of  ports and marinas, preliminary studies and investigations, site selection, layout alternatives,  layout planning and design of port and /or marina structures, optimum capacity, economics, environmental and social impacts of ports, marinas,  management, legal and administrative considerations.

Course Objectives:
The aim is to give basic information about the ports and marinas, developments and planning, to expertise students about all aspects of planning, decision making, design, and management of the ports and/or marinas.

Prerequisites:
CE 491 or consent of the department

Textbook(s):
None

Reference(s):
"Port Engineering, Planning, Construction, Maintenance and Security", (2004), Tsinger, Gregory P., John Wiley and Sons Pub. Co., ISBN 0-471-41274-0
"Port Engineering", Per Bruun, TC205.B78, 1981, 627'.2 81-603, ISBN 0-87201-739-7, AACR2, Gulf Publishing Co. Houston, Texas.
"Marinas, a working guide to their development and design", Adie, Donald, W., The Architectural Press Ltd.; 9 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1- Cahners Books, Division of Cahners Publishing Company Inc. 89, Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
"Marinas, Design and Operation", Eds: W. R. Blain and N.B. Webber, Proceedings of Int. Conf. on held in Southampton, UK, September 1989, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Boston
"Marinas, Planning and Feasibility", Eds: W. R. Blain and N.B. Webber, Proceedings of Int. Conf. on held in Southampton, UK, September 1989, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Boston
"Marina Techonology", Ed: W. R. Blain, Proceedings of Second Int. Conf. on held in Southampton, UK, 31 March-2 April 1992, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, Boston, Co-published with Thomas Telford London, 1992
 

Syllabus:
• INTRODUCTION (2 hrs.)
    o General description and importance of ports and marinas.
    o Classification of ports and marinas
    o Specific examples of ports and marina developments
    o General information about Turkey, Europe and overseas
• PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENGINEERING ETHICS (4 hrs.)
• TECHNOLGY AND ECONOMICS (2 hrs)
    o Developments of port operations and technology
    o Vessel, vessel characteristics, traffic capacity
    o Cargo and cargo handling, storage policies and storage areas
    o Bunkering facilities pumping arrangements, fuel tanks, fire precautions
    o Statutory services, ground conditions, survey, water, fire, drainage, electricity, lighting,communication
• PLANNING AND DESIGN (4 hrs)
    o Planning methods and models
    o Optimum capacity and optimum layout dimensions
    o Site selection
    o Non technical reasons
         Promotion, national reasons, political reasons, special factors
    o Technical reasons
         Hydraulic and geological conditions, waves, wind, tide, current, Bottom topography, coastal sedimentation, bottom conditions, climatic conditions
    o Hinterland studies
         Terrain conditions, transportation facilities, area acqusition, supply of fresh water and power, building materials for coastal and harbour structures
• PRELIMINARY STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS (4 hrs.)
    o Wind and wave climate, wave transformations, design characteristics
    o Water level fluctuations (tides) and currents
    o Topographical and geopmorphological factors
    o Secondary factors effecting design decisions, entrance channel, breakwaters, space allocation, berthing facilities and mooring arrangements, support and maintenance service systems.
• DESIGN OF STRUCTURES (6 hrs)
    o General Layout
         Layout dimensions, navigation channel, port entrance, turning basin, wave effects in the port, agitation, resonance
    o Design of protection and service structures
         Breakwater alignment
         Stability and structural design
    o Design of fenders and bollards
         Impact and mooring forces
    o Design of relieving platform
         Design of sheet pile wall
         Design of piles, vertical piles, batter piles
• ECONOMICS (2 hrs)
    o Sources of revenue
    o Grants
    o Percentage profits
    o Profiting from the land
    o Phasing construction and investment
    o Finding where the profits are
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND REMEDIES (2 hrs)
    o Environmental impacts
         Water quality
         Pollution control
         Preservation of ecology
    o Social impacts of coastal and harbour projects
• MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS (2 hrs)
    o Book keeping and records
    o Providing and changing the services
    o Staff, securities, regulations
    o Legal and institutional procedures in marina construction
    o Acqusition and dedication, local authority powers
    o Main planning legislation and directives, development applications
 

Grading System:
20 % Midterm
50 % Final Submission of Design Project and Report
30 % Final

Maximum Class Size and Student Quota:
50 for Department Students
None for Non-Department Students

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
50 % of the Overall Grade

Computer Usage:
SURFER, WAWELS, REFRA

Laboratory Work:
None

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

Instructors:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevdet Yalηıner