NA61001: Coastal Engineering
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| Course name | Coastal Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Spring | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Introduction to the coastal environment; Review of sea waves; Wave generation by wind and sea spectra; Storm surges and tsunami, Introduction to long waves; Nearshore wave transformation: shoaling, reflection, refraction, diffraction, breaking; wave run-up, wave overtopping. Wave dynamics in estuaries, energy dissipation by bottom friction and bed porosity. Near-shore mean motion: Wave setup, wave-induced currents (longshore and undertow). Basics of sediment transport and beach morphodynamics, Elements of coastal structures: types of coastal structures, forces on structures, stability of breakwaters; Climate change and its impacts on coastal environments. Introduction to coastal zone management.
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Time Table
| Day | 8:00-8:55 am | 9:00-9:55 am | 10:00-10:55 am | 11:00-11:55 am | 12:00-12:55 pm | 2:00-2:55 pm | 3:00-3:55 pm | 4:00-4:55 pm | 5:00-5:55 pm | |
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