Accession Number:

AD0670475

Title:

HYDRAULIC-PNEUMATIC FLOATING FENDER - FINAL EVALUATION.

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NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Abstract:

Two experimental hydraulic-pneumatic floating fenders for a wharf underwent in-service tests at a moderately exposed harbor San Diego, California and a protected harbor Port Hueneme, California from March 1963 until October 1967. Each fender consists of a wood-steel-plastic bulkhead 50 feet long, 1 foot 8 inches wide, and 7 feet 3 inches high fronted by two air-filled and two water-filled rubber bags, and chains with weights to maintain the total assembly in position. Combined initial and maintenance cost is high but the fenders are considered to be cost-effective in sheltered locations, and to a lesser extent in exposed locations, where mechanical damage to ships and marine foulings are significant. Author

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Final rept. Mar 63-Oct 67,

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0026

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