DESIGN OF SHIP CHANNELS AND MANEUVERING AREAS

Navigation facilities shall be economically constructed for safe maneuvering of ships and for economical maintenance with consideration for facilities' future enlargement. The state-of-the-art and factors influencing design of facilities, are considered such as ships' controllability, the human element, forces external to the ship in entrance- restricted- and open-type channels, under keel clearance, bank distance, and passing ships; optimum direction of entrance channels; turns without introduction of arc and curves; minimum radius; maximum deflection angle; minimum tangent when approaching a bridge, and without the bridge; channel width in turns; and dimensions of turning basins and anchorage areas. Research and studies are needed to develop satisfactory design criteria during a period of approximately 5 yrs. The program could be carried on in six phases for: research; development work; preparation of facilities; laboratory model studies; full-scale testing for verification; evaluation; and finally, preparation of reports for better designs in the future.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Kray, C J
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 89-110
• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterways, Harbors & Coast Eng Div
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: WW1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Channels (Waterways); Harbors; Maneuverability; Pilotage; Ship pilotage; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Channel design; Harbor design
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044075
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: 9559 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1973 12:00AM