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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
CIE 5163	SEABED HYDRODYNAMICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUSTAFA DOĞAN

Offered to

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES

Course Objective

The main purpose of the lecture is to teach seabed hydrodynamics and with explaining coastal morphology to clarify coastal zone sediment motion

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Ability to explain basic characteristics of coastal elements
2	Ability to use basic equations of current and wave boundary layers
3	Ability to explain fundamentals of seabed hydrodynamics
4	Ability to evaluate interaction between seabed and coastal morphology
5	Ability to explain mechanics of sediment motion in the coastal zone
6	Ability to evaluate effect of morphological variations on the coastal structures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Basic concepts in seabed hydrodynamics
2	Basic characteristics of sea water and seabed sediments
3	Current and wave boundary layer
4	Mechanics of seabed sediment motion; Onset of motion
5	Mechanics of seabed sediment motion; Seabed formations
6	Mechanics of seabed sediment motion; Suspended and bed load sediment transport
7	Current structures in coastal zone and wave formed currents
8	Longshore sediment transport
9	Cross-shore sediment transport
10	Modeling of coastal line
11	Coastal profiles
12	Midterm exam
13	Case of cohesive bed material
14	Introduction to sea-structure-soil interaction

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Deniz Tabanı Hidrodinamiği ve Kıyı Morfolojisi, Y. Yüksel, 2005.

Supplementary Book(s):
Mechanics of Coastal Sediment Transport, J. Fredsoe & R. Deigaard, 1992.
Dynamics of Coastal Systems, J. Dronkers, 2016.
Coastal Bottom Boundary Layers and Sediment Transport, P. Nielsen, 1992.
Kıyı Mühendisliği, Y. Yüksel & E. Çevik, 2009.
Kıyı Mühendisliğinde Sayısal Uygulamalar (Genişletilmiş 2. Baskı), M. Doğan & Y. Arısoy & A. Akyarlı, 2018.
CEM (2006), Coastal Engineering Manual. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
CERC, Shore Protection Manual (Vol. I and II), U.S. Army Coastal Eng. Res. Center, 1987.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual presentations, Lecture notes; reference textbooks; mid-term and final exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	PRJ	PROJECT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.35 + PRJ * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.35 + PRJ * 0.15 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be assessed and rated using midterm exam and final exam
LO 5 and 6 will be assessed and rated using final exam
LO 4, 5 and 6 will be assessed and rated using homework

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Course policy and rules will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa DOĞAN: mustafa.dogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Student face time will be determined at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	5	70
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	25	25
Preparing assignments	3	10	30
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.5	PO.6	PO.8	PO.10
LO.1	5						4
LO.2	5						4
LO.3	5		3				5
LO.4	5		3		4	3	5
LO.5	5		3	3		3	5
LO.6	5	3		3	4	3	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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