COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COASTAL ENGINEERING - I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
COE 5003 COASTAL ENGINEERING - I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

This course is designed to introduce students to basic principles and information on coastal engineering.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand Historical Review of Coastal Engineering
2   To learn Coastal Systems; Air, Sea and Land Interactions
3   To understand Physical Oceanography; Water Masses, Depth, Salinity, Density and Temperature; Waves, Current Systems and Tides
4   To learn Wave Mechanics; Wave Fundamentals and Classification of Waves
5   To understand the Basic Definition and Formulation of Regular Waves
6   To study wave shoaling, refraction, diffraction, breaking and reflection
7   To emphasize the importance of vertical breakwater under non breaking waves
8   To learn the concept of wind waves

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Coastal Engineering; Historical Review of Coastal Engineering
2 Coastal Systems; Air, Sea and Land Interactions
3 Physical Oceanography; Water Masses, Depth, Salinity, Density and Temperature; Waves, Current Systems and Tides
4 Wave Mechanics; Wave Fundamentals and Classification of Waves
5 Basic Definition and Formulation of Regular Waves
6 Linear Wave Theory (Wave Properties: Profile, Wavelength, Celerity, Wave Group, Particle Velocity, and Acceleration)
7 Other Wave Theories; Non Linear Shallow Water Wave Theories; Cnodial Wave Theory; Solitary Wave Theory
8 Wave Transformation: Wave Shoaling, Refraction and Diffraction
9 Wave Transformation: Wave Breaking and Reflection
10 Irregular Waves (Random Sea Waves); Wave Train (Wave By Wave Analysis)
11 Spectral Analysis
12 Wind Waves (Sea Related Factors: Fetch and Water Depth)
13 Wind Waves (Wind Related Factors: Wind Direction, Speed and Duration)
14 Wind Waves (Developing Sea; Fully Arisen Sea)

Recomended or Required Reading

Coastal Engineering (Volume I, II and III). Ed: W.W. Massie, Coastal Engineering Group, Department of Civil Engineering Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, 1976.
Basic Coastal Engineering. Robert M. Sorensen, Chapman and Hall Publishers, New York, 1997.
CEM: Coastal Engineering Manual. U.S. Army Coastal Eng. Res. Center, 2000.
Deniz Tabanı Hidrodinamiği ve Kıyı Morfolojisi, Y. Yüksel, 2005.
Hydrodynamics of Coastal Regions. Publication of the Tech. Univ. of Denmark. I.A Svendsen & I.G. Jonsson, 1980.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students will be responsible for midterm exams and homework assignment. Students will present their homework to the rest of the class. The final grade is based on midterm and final exam and homework. The homework assignment will be distributed at the end of the 6th week.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 RPT REPORT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RPT * 0.25 + PRS * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Class participation will evaluate as %5, bonus.

Assessment Criteria

Students will be responsible for a midterm exam and homework assignment. Students will present their homework to the rest of the class. The final grade is based on a midterm exam and homework. The distribution of the overall grade will be as follows:
Midterm exam: %25
Homework assignment: %25
Final exam: %50
The homework assignment will be distributed at the end of the 6th week.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The course is designed for a 14-week period, with 2 hr lectures per week. Grades are based on class participation, Homework assignment and exams.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lect. Dr. Dogan Kisacik
Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology
Haydar Aliyev Boulevard 100, 35430 Inciralti, Izmir/TURKEY
Tel:+90 (232) 2785565/108, Fax:+90 (232) 2785082

Office Hours

Wednesday 09:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Design Project 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 193

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.142333314223
LO.225114242333
LO.322112322423
LO.432222212232
LO.512111332322
LO.633132113132
LO.721233234322
LO.834111122121

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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