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HARBOUR DESIGN [2 records]

Record 1 2020-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • River and Sea Navigation
CONT

The design and review specialists calculate the minimum depth allowance that will determine physical threats that the vessel cannot pass over safely. Where there are insufficient depths at chart datum but sufficient depth at high tide, the harbour is reviewed as tidal assist, and a best-depth route is chosen that would enable a vessel to pass through to the open sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Les spécialistes en conception et en examen calculent la profondeur minimale admissible qui permettra de déterminer la nature des menaces physiques au–dessus desquelles un navire ne pourra passer sans danger. Lorsque la profondeur est insuffisante au zéro des cartes mais suffisante à marée haute, le port est alors révisé comme étant aidé par la marée et l'on choisit la route offrant la meilleure profondeur qui permettra à un bateau d'atteindre la mer libre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
  • Civil Engineering
CONT

Harbour Design. In designing a harbour several factors must be taken into consideration(...) Foremost among these are the degree of exposure of the site, the direction and intensity of the winds, the frequency of storms, the height and force of the waves and the range of the tides.

OBS

The term harbor is often confused with the term port. A port is a harbor with the necessary terminal facilities to expedite the moving of cargo and passengers (...)

OBS

for "harbor design" : The modern harbor is a place where ships are built, launched and repaired, as well as a terminal for incoming and outgoing ships.

Key term(s)
  • design of harbours
  • design of harbour
  • design of a harbour
  • design of harbors
  • design of harbor
  • design of a harbor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
  • Génie civil
CONT

(...) il faut signaler (...) l'intérêt que présente, pour les études d'aménagements portuaires, la technique du modèle réduit qui a pris, en France, dans les laboratoires d'hydraulique, une grande importance.

Key term(s)
  • étude d'aménagement portuaire

Spanish

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