Concept Study for Military Port Design Using Natural Processes

New concepts for port design using indigenous natural processes are formulated and proposed which will provide cost effective solutions to the problem of port design in the new world of shifting defense realities. The concepts proposed are: (1) building the ports structure with electrolytic mineral...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dry, Carolyn
Other Authors: CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1980
Subjects:
Physical Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Marine Engineering
Logistics
Military Facilities and Supplies
*HARBORS
CARGO HANDLING
CARGO SHIPS
COLD REGIONS
CONSTRUCTION
DESERTS
FACILITIES
ION EXCHANGE
MEMBRANES
MINERALS
NATURAL RESOURCES
OCEANS
OPERATION
OSMOSIS
PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT
PUMPS
SALT WATER
SEA ICE
SOILS
*PORTS
ACCRETION
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA092580
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA092580
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Summary:New concepts for port design using indigenous natural processes are formulated and proposed which will provide cost effective solutions to the problem of port design in the new world of shifting defense realities. The concepts proposed are: (1) building the ports structure with electrolytic mineral accretion and dialytic ice formation, (2) cables and energy transmission from sea water, and (3) drydocks, lift bridges, various off-loading and port facilities by osmotic pump action is enhanced by counter current multipliers and exchangers. Desert land port facilities are accreted, cooled, and supplied with water by the action of evaporation osmotic pumps. This report has a large bibliography.

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