Abstract
Floating structures are prominent features in many ports, serving as floating docks for small-craft berthing and sometimes as piers or wharves for larger oceangoing vessels. There are also floating dry docks, breakwaters, mooring aandnd navigation buoys, camels and separators, containment booms, and plant and equipment of a wide variety. This chapter is primarily concerned with basic design principles that apply in general to all floating-structure types, with particular regard to floating pier applications. Basic principles of buoyancy, stability, motion response, and certain aspects of structural design are reviewed. Mooring and anchoring systems are of major importance in floating pier design, so their basic design principles are presented. Means of access to floating piers; ancillary systems such as ballast control, pumping, and flooding; and miscellaneous design features are reviewed. The final section of this chapter is devoted to floating docks for marinas and small-craft facilities.
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