Table des matières:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Background and Purpose
  • 1.2 Navigation Projects
  • 1.3 Navigation Engineering
  • 1.4 Organization of the Manual
  • 2 ENGINEERING ETHICS
  • 2.1 General
  • 2.2 Engineering Codes of Ethics
  • 2.3 Ethics and Engineering Practice
  • 2.4 Other Codes of Ethics
  • 3 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS
  • 3.1 General
  • 3.2 Designing for Safety
  • 3.3 Corps of Engineers Design Guidance
  • 3.4 ASCE Design Guidance
  • 3.5 PIANC Design Guidance
  • 3.6 Ethical Considerations
  • 4 DESIGN CONDITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS
  • 4.1 Design Conditions4.2 Design Assumptions
  • 4.3 Risk Assessment
  • 4.4 Ethical Considerations
  • 5 CRITERIA FOR DESIGN OF PROJECT FEATURES
  • 5.1 General
  • 5.2 Channels
  • 5.3 Dams, Including Spillways and Powerhouses
  • 5.4 Locks
  • 5.5 Small Boat Harbors
  • 5.6 Jetties
  • 5.7 Ethical Considerations
  • 6 DESIGN PROCESS
  • 6.1 Design Process
  • 6.2 Design of Small Boat Harbors
  • 6.3 Design of Ship Channels
  • 6.4 Design of Approach Channels
  • 6.5 Design of Breakwaters and Closure Dams
  • 6.6 Design of Locks
  • 6.7 Independent Review
  • 6.8 Design Deficiency Evaluation6.9 12 Actions for Change
  • 6.10 Ethical Considerations
  • 7 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • 7.1 General
  • 7.2 Evolution of Design Criteria
  • 7.3 Design and Operation Criteria for Sustainability
  • 7.4 Example of Ethical Considerations
  • 8 CORPS OF ENGINEERS MANAGEMENT OF WATERWAYS
  • 8.1 Operations
  • 8.2 Planning Efforts
  • 8.3 Operations and Maintenance
  • 8.4 Chronological Standard Operating Procedure for O & M
  • 8.5 Development of an Emergency Response Plan
  • 8.6 Coordination Efforts with Users
  • 8.7 Coordination Efforts with Other Sites8.8 Weekly Safety Meetings and Status Reports
  • 8.9 Ongoing Inspection during Operations, Preventive Maintenance, and Repair Work
  • 8.10 Annual Site Inspections
  • 8.11 Maintaining, Revising, and Updating Maintenance Records
  • 8.12 Periodic Inspections
  • 8.13 Staff Inspection and Staff Assistance Visits
  • 8.14 Development of a Long-Term Maintenance Plan
  • 8.15 Development and Revising the Backlog of Maintenance or Capital Improvement Needs
  • 8.16 Ethical Considerations
  • 9 U.S. COAST GUARD CONTRIBUTIONS TO WATERWAYS
  • 9.1 General9.2 Maritime Mobility
  • 9.3 Maritime Safety
  • 9.4 Maritime Security
  • 9.5 National Defense
  • 9.6 Protection of Natural Resources
  • 9.7 Ethical Considerations
  • 10 NOAA CONTRIBUTIONS TO WATERWAYS
  • 10.1 General
  • 10.2 Nautical Charts
  • 10.3 Tides and Currents
  • 10.4 Currents
  • 10.5 Global Positioning
  • 10.6 Coast Pilot
  • 10.7 Ports
  • 10.8 Marine and Coastal Weather Services
  • 10.9 Ethical Considerations
  • 11 TOOLS TO ENSURE SAFE DESIGN AND OPERATION
  • 11.1 General
  • 11.2 Standard and Accepted Computations