Hydrologic and hydrodynamic items about offshore deepwater wharves construction
Zhao Chong-jiu · Journal of Waterway and Harbor · 2007
Many offshore deepwater wharves are being constructed by harbor authorities to meet the requirement of cargo vessel enlargement.The locations and layouts of the deepwater wharves are always determined according to detail situation.Some are built at islands chain,some are built at deepwater and with a dike for connection to main land,some are built by a man made island and some are isolated buildings.Obviously,the hydrologic and hydrodynamic situation of open sea is different considerably from that of coast,and is very foul.There are many technical difficults in desgin work for seldom site measurement data and research results.Many problems and risks may emerge to the wharves construction and operation,which are mainly different from coastal harbor.There are so many research works should be conducted for risk forecast,assessment and solution seeking.The main hydrologic and hydrodynamic items about offshore deepwater wharves construction are analyzed in this paper.