Table of contents
Acknowledgements 5
Abstract 6
Abbreviations 18
INTRODUCTION 21
1.1. General 21
1.2. Need for Study 24
1.3. Objective 25
1.4. Scope of Work 25
1.5. Organization of the Thesis 26
LITERATURE SURVEY 27
PROBLEM FORMUALTION 31
3.1. General 31
3.2. Assumption 32
3.3. Data collection and sizing of R.C.C piled mooring dolphins 32
3.4. Structural Layout 35
3.5. Load and Load Combinations 38
3.5.1. Dead load 38
3.5.2. Live Load 38
3.5.3. Mooring Load 38
3.5.4. Current Force 40
3.5.5. Hydrodynamic Force 42
3.5.6. Wave Force 43
3.5.7. Wind Force 47
3.5.8. Calculation of Subgrade Reaction 48
3.5.9. Seismic Force 50
3.5.10. Load Combination 50
3.6. Model generation 51
3.7. Selection of pile for evaluation and comparison 52
3.8. Design of pile 53
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 55
Conclusion and Future Scope 101
5.1. Conclusion 101
5.1.1. For Pondicherry 101
5.1.2. For Dahej 102
5.1.3. For Okha 103
5.1.4. For Mandvi 104
5.2. Future Scope 105
References 106
Annexures 109
7.1. Soil data of Dahej 109
7.2. Soil data of Mandvi 110
7.3. Soil data of Okha 111
7.4. Soil data of Pondicherry 112