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Coastal Engineering

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Wikiversity Department of Marine Engineering

Content summary

The course will deal with basic coastal engineering concepts such as water waves, their propagation and transformation, statistical representation of the sea state, tides and currents, sediment transport and beach dynamics, coastal structures, wave interaction with structures, environmental issues near coastal zones.

Goals

To help the reader to appreciate coastal engineering methods with a firm understanding of the underlying theoretical principles.

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Readings

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References

Additional helpful readings include:

  • Elements of Ocean Engineering; Randall, Robert E., 1997, SNAME New York
  • Water Wave Mechanics for Engineers & Scientists; R.G. Dean, 1991, World Scientific Singapore
  • Descriptive Physical Oceanography; G.L. Pickard, 1990, Butterworth Heinemann Oxford

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