The design, fabrication, and testing of a boat fender, which is compatible with a transportable elevated causeway system for unloading container-bearing lighterage, are described. The pile-restrained, floating fender is comprised of a standard 1x15 string of Navy NL pontoons faced with commercically available foam-filled cushions. Each fender unit has an overall length of 90.0 feet (27.4 m), a breadth of 11.0 feet (3.4 m), and a depth of 5.0 feet (1.5 m). Tests of the fender, made in conjunction with tests of the elevated causeway system, indicate that the fender can absorb the berthing impact from a fully loaded 1610 Class Navy Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) having a normal impact velocity of 2 knots (1.0 m/sec). Wave-induced motions of container lighterage at the Phase II site were small and had an inconsequential effect on cargo unloading. (Author)


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    Titel :

    Container Off - Loading and Transfer System (COTS) - Advanced Development Tests of Elevated Causeway System. Volume IV. Fender System and Lighterage Motions


    Beteiligte:
    D. A. Davis (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1977


    Format / Umfang :

    55 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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