Course outline

Schedule

This course outline is subject to change.

Weeks 1–3

• Introduction to port structures
• Basic design criteria for port structures
• Applicable loads, load combinations, and factors
• Applicable loads and load combinations
• Wave theories and forces on piles

Weeks 4–6

• Mooring analysis and passing vessel loads
• Submerged pipeline considerations
• Rehabilitation/inspection of existing terminals

Weeks 7–9

• Berthing analysis and fender system design
• Performance‐based seismic design
• Sheet piles, sea walls, breakwaters, etc.

Weeks 10–12

• Geotechnical considerations for the design of port structures
• Container terminal cranes/structure interaction
• General basic design of port structures and a review of this entire module

This course outline is subject to change.