Course - Coastal Engineering - TBA4270
Coastal Engineering
About
About the course
Course content
Use of the coastal zone, planning, environment, rules and guidelines. Description of the coastal zone physical environment; wave transformation, currents, wind, sand transport, erosion and accretion, scour and scour protection.
Learning outcome
To give the student a good background for planning and working in the coastal zone, with emphasis on waves towards the coast, sand transport, erosion and scour, and understanding of concepts, definitions and problem issues in conjunction with the coastal zone.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, laboratory demonstrations and exercises.
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 and laboratory demonstrations
Recommended previous knowledge
TBA4265 Marine Physical Environment or similar. Basic courses in Fluid Mechanics and in Statistics.
Course materials
Book: Kamphuis, J.W. 2006. Introduction to coastal engineering and manangement. World Scientific (pbk).
Compendia, selected papers.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| SIB7070 | 7.5 sp | |
| TMR4230 | 3.7 sp |
Subject areas
- Building and construction technology
- Port Engineering
- Coastal Engineering
- Marine Civil Engineering
- Marine Hydrodynamics
- Marine Topics
- Technological subjects