Container Off - Loading and Transfer System (COTS) - Advanced Development Tests of Elevated Causeway System. Volume IV. Fender System and Lighterage Motions.

Abstract

The design, fabrication, and testing of a boat fender, which is compatible with a transportable elevated causeway system for unloading container-bearing lighterage, are described. The pile-restrained, floating fender is comprised of a standard 1x15 string of Navy NL pontoons faced with commercically available foam-filled cushions. Each fender unit has an overall length of 90.0 feet (27.4 m), a breadth of 11.0 feet (3.4 m), and a depth of 5.0 feet (1.5 m). Tests of the fender, made in conjunction with tests of the elevated causeway system, indicate that the fender can absorb the berthing impact from a fully loaded 1610 Class Navy Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) having a normal impact velocity of 2 knots (1.0 m/sec). Wave-induced motions of container lighterage at the Phase II site were small and had an inconsequential effect on cargo unloading. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043430

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  • D. A. Davis

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  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

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  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

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  • Assembly
  • Boats
  • Calibration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Elastomers
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Engineering
  • Fenders (Boats)
  • Impact Loads
  • Impact Tests
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Load Cells
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Ships
  • Standards

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