Author:Tulsi, K; Phelp, DDate:Jul 2009While ports are gateways to the country's transport networks, breakwaters protect port entrance channels, into and out of the ports (See figure 1 of this paper). The entrances to most of the ports in South Africa are protected by rubble mound ...Read more
Author:Tulsi, K; Phelp, D; O'Connor, PDate:May 2014Physical model studies were conducted of a 250K DWT fully laden iron ore vessel grounding on the side slopes of the outbound channel at a major Australian port. A key deliverable of the study was to estimate the tug force required to pull the ...Read more