There is a significant issue with using type V cement and chlorides! As civilperson said, chlorides will diffuse into the concrete and cause the corrosion of the reinforcing steel.
Type V cement is a sulfate resisting Portland Cement with lower C3A (tri-calcium aluminate) than any of the...
Think stiffness. The load distribution to a structure with various element configurations (concrete, steel, plumb, batter, etc.) is a function of the relative element stiffness.
For example, in a pier bent with 10 vertical piles and 2 batter piles, the batter piles will take probably 90...
Here are some references I found online:
http://www.steel.citg.tudelft.nl/research/cost-c5-zurich.pdf
http://www.steel.citg.tudelft.nl/research/lifetimemodelling.pdf
Hope these help.
Typically, in old timber waterfont structural analysis, we use the existing design values and use the...
How do the timber piles improve the soft soil behind the bulkhead? I'm not sure I understand...are they in front of the wall or inshore of it?
What do you mean residual properties of the timber piles? Remaining allowable stress due to time? In all likelihood, the piles residual properties...
I'm not sure exactly what you are proposing as a question in this forum...but it sounds like the wood used was either poorly treated or not-treated at all. For a facility only 6 years old, it seems like a very high rate of deterioration.
There are a hadnfull (5-10) of qualified...
My bust on the littoral thing...
About the Navy Manuals that PM mentioned, they are available online here:
http://www.efdlant.navfac.navy.mil/criteria/tools/waters_toolbox.htm
It's a 28 Mb download so hopefully you will be downloading faster than 56kbps...
Hope this helps.
All of the questions asked are very broad in their scope. I will do my best to answer each on some level...
1. Almost everything needs to be taken into account when designing a new harbor! Global Scale - defining the purpose of the facility...is it for local fisherman, for a specific...
Our company is a marine engineering firm located in Connecticut. We have performed forensic investigations for pier collapses and marine structure failures, and have worked on many legal cases that involve waterfront structures. We also have a lawyer who is also a Professional Engineer (PE)...