About the Book: Harbour Dock and Tunnel Engineering
In the subject of Transportation Engineering, study of Harbour, Dock and Tunnel
Engineering is essential. This well-known text-book now in its twenty-ninth
thoroughly Revised and Enlarged edition, concisely formulates the basic
principles of the subject matter in simple, lucid and easy language presented in
two sections. Section I Harbour and Dock Engineering is well-divided in twelve
chapters. It discusses the topics on Harbour and Ports; Natural Phenomena:
Tides, Wind and Waves; Protection facilities: Mound Breakwater, Wall Type
Breakwater, Special Type Breakwater such as Floating Type, Hydraulic Type and
Pneumatic Type Breakwater; Planning and Layout of Ports; Various other
Facilities such