Survey of Naval Port Fender Systems.

Abstract

A survey of Navy pier fender systems was conducted to evaluate the need for an RDT&E program leading to improved fender systems. Eighteen major activities were surveyed by mail and on-site visits were made to activities in San Diego and Norfolk. The survey revealed: (a) An overall poor to fair condition for pier fender systems except where repair by replacement was being accomplished by large scale projects. (b) A trend towards increasing costs and a declining quality of timber materials. (c) An overriding concern for the frequency and magnitude of damage by ships and craft. (d) A uniformity in problems, damage and level of maintenance costs but a lack of uniformity in approaches to improvements and solutions. (e) Improvements in design and materials for timber pile fender systems in San Diego that may well be applicable to general purpose berthing at most other locations. (f) A need for concentrated, centralized work to improve camel and fender designs for submarines, carriers and certain special use berthing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA080564

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Cost Estimates
  • Design Criteria
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fenders (Boats)
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Materials Processing
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • Navy
  • Ships
  • Submarines
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies