Thomas Stevenson

The Design and Construction of Harbours

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive text on harbour design was published in an expanded second edition in 1874 by the internationally acknowledged expert.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9781108029674
• ISBN-10: 1108029671
• Artikelnr.: 33270470

Inhaltsangabe

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.