NA60013: Port And Harbour Engineering

NA60013
Course name	Port And Harbour Engineering
Offered by	Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
Professor(s)	Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran
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Semester	Spring

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Port Planning â national policy, functions; individual level â design principles, cargo volume forecasts, port productivity, general layout of port works; terminal level planning â general cargo terminal, container terminal, marinas, fishing ports; Breakwaters â layout, types, stopping area, maneuvering area, anchorage area, harbor entrances, parametric wave forecasting, stochastic sea waves, wave spectra, design wave characteristics, return period; Navigational channel design â ship characteristics, design approach, environmental factors, simulation models, navigational aids, computation vessel squat, wave conditions; Dredging â methods, equipments, dredge types, dredge pumps, cavitation, flow meters, density meters, production meters, pipelines transport of dredged materials, critical velocity, head losses, friction factor, production estimate, dredged sediment disposal, contaminated sediments, capping, cost estimation, environmental impact assessment, water quality impacts; Restructuring major ports in India, productivity factors of major ports; VTMS â components of VTMS system; Problem Session.