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Abstract Marine structures are defined as a human made structures which are constructed for the purpose of port facilities and/or protecting the coastline, This research focus on studying and analyzing the stability of an important type of marine structure which is: Hollow concrete block quay wall, optimum design and stability of pre-cast concrete blocks quay walls is investigated. The purpose of this investigation is to verify the possibility of optimizing the dimensions of the block quay wall using the hollow blocks instead of solid one by obtaining the resulting benefits of this replacement. GEO5 software had been used for the purpose of determining structures stabilities against overturning and sliding for the studied quay walls to estimate the factor of safety for all structure and at each block interface and also determining the bearing pressures exerted by the quay wall to the existing ground for structural elements under all load combinations for all stages of optimization and using these pressures in hansen’s equations for studying the stability of the block quay wall against foundation failure (bearing capacity). SLOPE/W software had been used also for studying the stability of block quay walls to estimate the factor of safety against slip failure. |