CE-503 (D) · Marine Construction/Official Syllabus
Marine Construction (CE-503 (D)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
History of Water Transportation and Harbour Classification
- History of water transportation at world level and at national level development and policy
- classification of harbours, natural and artificial
- Major ports in India, administrative set up
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Unit 2
Harbour Planning
- Harbour components, ship characteristics, characteristics of good harbour and principles of harbour planning
- size of harbour, site selection criteria and layout of harbours
- Surveys to be carried out for harbor planning
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Unit 3
Natural Phenomena
- Wind, waves, tides formation and currents phenomena
- their generation characteristics and effects on marine structures
- silting, erosion and littoral drift
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Unit 4
Marine Structures
- General design aspects, breakwaters -function, types general design principles
- wharves, quays, jetties, piers, pier heads, dolphin, fenders, mooring accessories – function, types, suitability, design and construction features
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Unit 5
Docks and Locks
- Tidal basin, wet docks-purpose, design consideration
- operation of lock gates and passage
- repair docks -graving docks, floating docks
Reference Books
- A course in docs and harbours — S. P. BINDRA
- Harbour docs and tunneliing — R. SRINIVASAN
- Doc and harbour engineering — OZA
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