Design consideration for Ocean Structures

A) Environmental Loadings
1) Force due to wind Area of Exposed surface to environmental forces
2) Wave Force
3) Current Force Wave/Current forces
B) Function and Operation
Due to tides and water level variations Arrival deck Columns
C) Selection of materials and the durability and Longevity of structures Radius of column 0.15 m
1) Corrosion Height of high tide level from sea bed 2m
2) Fouling(due to accumulation of various plant growths and animal organisms on partially/fully immersed surfaces)
3) Attack by marrine organism No. of columns 5
4) Scouring and deposition
Area of vertical projection of each column 0.6 m2
LOADS ON JETTY Area of wetted surface of each column 0.9424778 m2

1) Wind Walk way columns

Velocity of wind 140 Kmph 38.888889 m/s
Wind Pressure intensity 0.94276 KN/m2 Radius of column 0.15 m

Arrival deck Mean Height of high tide level from sea bed 1m
Total Vertical projection length 5m
Total Vertical projection height 4m No. of columns 5
Exposed area 20 m2
No. of exposed nodes 10 Area of vertical projection of each column 0.3 m2
Area of wetted surface of each column 0.4712389 m2
Load on each node 1.88552 KN

Walway column

Total Vertical projection length 30 m

Total Vertical projection height 1m
Exposed area 30 m2
No. of exposed nodes 50

Load on each node 0.565656 KN

2) Wave Force
Still water depth(d) 1.5 m
Wave height(H) 0.6 m 0.5625
Wave Length(L) 11.5 m 11.4375
d/L 0.1304348
Shallow water coefficient(c') 0.83 pg. 46 Seetharaman(Dock and Harbour engineering)
Orbi ta l velo city i n shal low w ater(m) 1.2 pg. 46 Seetharaman(Dock and Harbour engineering)
K 1.8 1.8 for ocean storm waves, pg. 57 S. seetharaman
Velocity of wave propagation(v) 3.5183337 m/s
Max. orbital velocity 0.8344035 m/s
Max. wave pressure(p1) 17.562718 KN/m2 As per Molitor method

3) Tidal Current Force on each column 4) Dead Load 5) Live Load

Arrival deck column Material unit wts 4 KN/m2
Unit wt of concrete 24 KN/m3
Area of vertical projection(Ad) 0.6 m2 Unit wt. of Timber 8.4 KN/m3
Area of wetted surface(Af) 0.9424778 m2 Unit wt. of sea water 10.3 KN/m3
Tidal height 1 m RCC Column at arrival deck
Mean sea depth 2 m Height 2.5 m
Velocity of current 3.9865022 Kmph Radius 0.15 m
Dynamic force 0.3880875 KN Wt. of column 4.2411501 KN
Frictional Force 0.2134372 KN RCC Column at walkway
Total force of current 0.6015247 KN Height 1.5 m
Radius 0.15 m
Walkway column Wt. of column 0.0159043 KN
RCC Beams
Area of vertical projection(Ad) 0.3 m2 width 0.2 m
Area of wetted surface(Af) 0.4712389 m2 depth 0.3 m
Tidal height 1 m wt 1.44 KN/m
Mean sea depth 2 m Wt of deck
Velocity of current 3.9865022 Kmph Width of deck 1m
Dynamic force 0.1940438 KN No. of Timber joists in 1 mtrs 2
Frictional Force 0.1067186 KN Width of joist 0.2 m
Total force of current 0.3007623 KN Depth of joist 0.2 m
depth of deck members 0.02 m
Load of Joists 0.672 KN/m2
Load of timber deck platform 0.168 KN/m2
Total 0.84 KN/m2
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