COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COASTALS STR.AND HARBOURS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4056 COASTALS STR.AND HARBOURS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YALÇIN ARISOY

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

Course Objective

The main purpose of the lecture is to outline the basic principles of coastal engineering, to present the utilization possibilities of coastal areas, and to teach the fundamental principles of design procedures for coastal structures and ports.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to identify coastal engineering problems
2   Ability to interpret atmospheric phenomena and interactions among land, sea, and air that occur at the coast
3   Ability to predict human-induced and natural factors that affect coast and coastal structures
4   Ability for determining both qualitative and quantitative features of the forces that influence coastal structures
5   Ability to evaluate processes in the planning of harbors
6   Ability to develop and implement realistic project plans for integrated coastal zone management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

INŞ 2014 - FLUID MECHANICS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Coastal Engineering; Historical Review of Coastal Engineering; Definition of Coastal Area
2 Atmospheric Phenomena and Coastal Systems; Air, Sea and Land Interactions; Physical Oceanography; Waves, Current Systems and Tides
3 Wave Mechanics; Wave Fundamentals and Classification of Waves; Wave Energy and Wave Power
4 Wind Waves (Fetch, Wind Direction, Speed and Duration); Wave Forecasting (Developing Sea; Fully Arisen Sea)
5 Wave Transformation (Shoaling, Refraction, Diffraction, Breaking and Reflection)
6 Types and Function of Marine Structures; Shore Protection Structures and Techniques
7 Harbor Structures; Breakwaters; Berthing/mooring structures
8 Breakwaters (Their historical developments, Types and construction techniques); Rubble Mound/Vertical and Composite Breakwaters
9 Design of Rubble Mound Breakwaters
10 Design of Vertical and Composite Breakwaters
11 Offshore Structures (Open sea petroleum drilling and operating platforms); Underwater Pipelines; Marine Outfall Systems
12 Maintenance of Marine Structures and Port Facilitates
13 Port planning and Operation
14 Coastal Zone Management; Technical Visit to Alsancak Port

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Kıyı Mühendisliği (Coastal Engineering), Y. Yüksel & E. Çevik, 2009.
Supplementary Book(s):
CEM (2006), Coastal Engineering Manual. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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.
CERC, Shore Protection Manual (Vol. I and II), U.S. Army Coastal Eng. Res. Center, 1987.
Random Seas and Design of Marine Structures, Y. Goda, 2000.
Port Engineering (Vol. I & II), Per Bruun, Gulf Pub Co., 1989.
Deniz Tabanı Hidrodinamiği ve Kıyı Morfolojisi (Sea bottom hydrodynamics and coastal morphology), Y. Yüksel, 2005.
Liman Mühendisliği (Port Engineering), Y. Yüksel & E. Çevik, 2010.
Hydrodynamics of Coastal Regions, Publication of the Tech. Univ. of Denmark. I.A Svendsen & I.G. Jonsson, 1980.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Power point presentations; reference textbooks; homework; mid-term and final exams.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

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.Yalçın Arısoy: yalcin.arisoy@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
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 2 7 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 86

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.14
LO.233
LO.33
LO.4543
LO.54
LO.623

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