COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEABED HYDRODYNAMICS

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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR 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 Numerical applications
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


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)

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/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154
LO.254
LO.3535
LO.453435
LO.553335
LO.6533435