ABSTRACT
The term, ‘marine structures’, is normally applied to coastal berthing and mooring facilities, breakwaters and tidal barriers, dry docks and jetties, container terminals, and offshore floating docks and drilling platforms. Such a description of marine structures is based on their function, and is not useful for design purposes. A classification of marine structures, based on their most prominent design feature, is proposed by Buslov.1 The author has grouped the wide variety of marine structures into five general categories: piled platforms, flexible bulkheads, gravity structures, rubble mounds, and floating structures.
