Course - Port and Coastal Facilities - TBA4145
Port and Coastal Facilities
About
About the course
Course content
Guidelines and principles in marine civil engineering. Approach navigation channels, ports and harbours. Terminal facilities. Marine structures in port and coastal engineering; quays, including moorings and fenders, breakwaters, coastal defence works etc. Dredging, handling and deposition of clean and polluted materials.
Learning outcome
To provide applicable knowledge and background for planning, design, construction and operation of marine facilities with focus on concepts and principles involved.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, exercises and self study. The subject is integrated in the MSC program Coastal and Marine Civil Engineering and is taught in English. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercises
Recommended previous knowledge
TBA4265 Marine Physical Environment or similar and knowledge of calculation methods in geotechnical engineering .
Course materials
Textbook, lecture notes and selected papers.
Subject areas
- Building and construction technology
- Port Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Coastal Engineering
- Marine Civil Engineering
- Marine Technology
- Marine Topics
- Technological subjects