Docks and Harbour Engineering
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Docks and Harbour Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Docks and Harbour Engineering (subject code 3721320) as prescribed for CEE · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3721320)Unit 1 Water Transportation
- Developments of Water Transportation in India
- Inland waterways
- Inland water transportation
- Development of ports & Harbours
- Harbour classification
- Site selection
- Harbour dimensioning
Unit 2 Natural Phenomena
- Water waves
- Wave decay & port
- wave diffraction
- Littoral drift
- sediment transport
- Effects on Harbour and structure design
Unit 3 Harbour Infrastructures
- Types of breakwaters
- dock fenders
- mooring accessories
- Repair facilities
- wet docks
- lift docks
- dry docks
- gates for graving docks
- floating docks
- locks and gates
Unit 4 Port facility
- Transit shed
- cargo handling
- container handling
- Inland port facility
- Navigational aids
- requirements of signals
- beacon light
- Dredging & coastal protection: Types of dredgers
- usage of dredged material
- sea wall protection-sea wall revetment
Unit 5 Planning of ports
- regional and intercontinental transportation development
- forecasting cargo & passenger demand
- regional connectivity
- cargo handling capacity of port
- economic evaluation of port project
- impacts of port activities
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