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)
Container Off - Loading and Transfer System (COTS) - Advanced Development Tests of Elevated Causeway System. Volume IV. Fender System and Lighterage Motions
1977
55 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Marine & Waterway Transportation , Marine Engineering , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Causeways , Containerized shipping , Cargo handling , Docks , Lighters(Boats) , Pontoons , Cranes , Landing craft , Ocean waves , Motion , Pile structures , COTS(Container Off-Loading and Transfer System) , Container Off-Loading and Transfer System , Boat fenders , Elevated causeways , Container handling equipment
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