Short Course Program

18 February 2012 (09:30-17:00 hrs)

Coastal dynamics for coastal engineers (Full day)

1. Coastal systems (What is the coast? What is coastal engineering and management? Large-scale geographical variation of coasts (climatic, tectonic, nature and abundance of material, sea-level changes))
2. Hydrodynamic forcing and sediment transport (Ocean waves: wind waves and astronomical tide. Description of wave characteristics, wind wave dispersion, generation and propagation in shallow water and waves in the surf zone. Tides in shallow waters. Storm surge. Sediment transport processes. Sediment characteristics, bed shear stress, entrainment, cohesive versus non-cohesive material)
3. Coastal response (Cross-shore and longshore sediement transport mechanism and calculation methods. Coastal profile types and coastline features. Sediment balance and coastal changes. Dynamic profile equilibrium, depth of closure. Causes of profile changes, seasonality, erosion. Coastline equilibrium and causes of natural and human-induced coastline changes. Coastal inlet and tidal basin types and large-scale basin morphology. Sediment exchange between tidal basins and the coast. Siltation of navigation channels and basins)
4. Coastal protection and management (Overview and functional design of methods for coastal protection (flooding and erosion)). Dutch safety policy and safety policy in an international context. What is integrated coastal zone management, pressures on coastal zone, guidelines on ICZM, environmental and morphological impact assessments. Reading and interpreting nautical charts for use in coastal engineering

19 February 2012 (08:30-10:45 hrs)

PORT & HARBOR PLANNING/ENGINEERING

11:00-16:00hrs