Open AccessCARGO PIERS IN DREDGING HARBOUR WATERS
Author(s) -
Antanas Kudzys,
Laimutis Jonas Vaicekauskas
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1648-4142
pISSN - 1648-3480
DOI - 10.3846/16484142.2005.9638009
Subject(s) - serviceability (structure) , dredging , pier , harbour , probabilistic logic , engineering , reliability (semiconductor) , civil engineering , geotechnical engineering , computer science , geology , power (physics) , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , programming language
Structural behaviour and reliability peculiarities of cargo piers in deepened harbour waters are discussed. Deterministic and probabilistic reliability assessment methods for permeable cargo piers exposed to lateral berthing actions and gravity permanent and variable loads are analysed. Some new methodological approaches to probabilistic reliability assessment of existing cargo piers are presented. The survival probability assessment of pier piles is based on their irreversible serviceability and safety margins. The numerical example illustrates the virtue of probability‐based approaches and methods of design practice of cargo piers.