Higher Education Ministry Delta Higher Institute for Engineering & Technology Civil Eng.

Department

Fourth year (2011-2012) Sheet No. 1 Harbor Engineering

Sheet (1)
Answer the following :
1) A-Define the following with neat sketches:
Prevailing wind direction- Spring tide Tide range Tide station- Fetch

B- Complete the following : i) We can measure wind speed by .and direction by.. ii) Current is measured by ..device C-The sum of measured hours of wind usually doesn't equal 8760 why?

2) The number of occurrences of wind blowing in Alexandria from different directions is indicated by following table
station Wind speed (knots) 1 - 10 11 - 27 Alexandria 28 - 47 All speeds No. in hrs. of occurences of wind blowing from directions indicated 345 014 826 267 0 1093 015 044 529 122 0 651 045 074 434 47 0 481 075 104 333 31 0 364 105 134 402 29 0 431 135 164 263 7 0 270 165 194 198 15 0 213 195 214 361 112 7 480 225 254 149 134 9 292 255 284 264 248 1 513 285 314 784 678 5 1467 315 344 1297 886 0 2183 All Directions 5840 2576 22 8438

Draw wind rose by both bar method and contour method and determine P.W.D

3) Low Flat Surface Ship founded in Alexanderia harbor when wind velocity = 40 Knots , Determine the wind pressure on ship

With my best wishes Prof.Dr / Osami Rageh

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