Coastal Processes and Design

Description

Review of model predictions of wave & current induced fluid motion in coastal waters. Geological and geotechnical properties of seafloor. Coastal sediment transport. Coastal morphology changes in the cross-shore and longshore directions. Design steps for hard structures groins, detached & submerged breakwater, seawalls. Review of natural coastal defense systems, and beach nourishment. Management of tidal flats, and wetlands and coastal lagoons.

Program

M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering

Objectives

• This course aims to provide graduate students with the knowledge and design equations/models to estimate sediment transport rates and beach morphology under the combined action of waves and currents in coastal waters. Further the course lays the criterion for selection and design steps of sustainable coastal defense systems hard structure versus natural systems.