BREAKWATER BUILT WITH CONCRETE PILES

Most breakwaters are built of big stones or large concrete boxes filled with sand and concrete. To build a harbor in Zueitina Libya, however, engineers used prestressed-concrete cylinder piles. The huge amounts of good-quality rock needed for the first alternative were unavailable in this northern part of Africa. Using boxes would have required building a shipyard or graving dock--too expensive. So using about 800 54-in. (137-cm)-diam. concrete piles was the cheapest alternative. Piles were driven by a ram-weight and high-pressure, high-volume water jets.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Plodowski, T
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 80-82
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Concrete structures; Quays; Support piles
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034786
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 1972 12:00AM