ports are the most important economic, political and military bottlenecks. this puts shoreline structures (port) in the class of important structures and they have a crucial role in the countries’ life. pile and deck wharf and their access bridges and offshore deck (jetties), are one of the parts which are supplier of coupling between the land and the waterfront. correct and exact estimation of...

This paper aims to investigate the seismic vulnerability of key port infrastructure components by using outcomes advanced numerical analysis. For first time, best knowledge authors, a pile-supported wharf structure, soil deposits where lies, and crane typically operating on are numerically modelled as combined system. The starting point for building model is main strategic facilities at Gioia T...

Five dynamic, large-scale centrifuge tests on pile-supported wharves were used to investigate the time- and depth-dependent nature of kinematic inertial demands deep foundations during earthquake loading. The wharf structures in physical experiments subjected a suite recorded ground motions imposed superstructure piles. Partial full liquefaction loose sand resulted slope deformations varying ma...