General information
In this course the following topics will be discussed:
- Coastal Hydrodynamics
- Sediment transport by currents plus waves
- Sediment balance equation
- Sedimentation of navigation channels
- Current-induced scour around breakwaters
- Formation of channels in deltas and tidal inlets
- Transverse and longshore sand transport under the influence of waves and currents,
- Modern longshore transport formulae and coastline computations
- Analytical formulae
- Background of mathematical models
- Introduction to various hard protection methods (groins, artificial headlands ,offshore breakwaters)
- Main system characteristics of the world’s important coastal lowland environments (mangroves, beach/dunes, estuaries, wetlands)
Upon completion, the participant should be able to:
- basically understand processes in coastal hydrodynamics and morphology;
- assess processes related to salt intrusion and density currents;
- understand the basics for numerical aspects, be aware of the limitations and characteristics of hydronamic numerical models, know the principle of finite differences and finite element-based methods.
The main goal of this course is to elaborate the main processes and phenomena in the coastal area. Furthermore the participants will be familiarised with basics for numerical modeling to be aware of the limitations and characteristics of hydrodynamic numerical models.
Content
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Venue
Delft, Netherlands
UNESCO-IHE
Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft
Application
Click here to apply: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/application-form-unesco-ihe-regular-short-courses-and-...
Cost:
<p>€ 2.850</p>
Prerequisites:
This course is useful for researchers and engineers dealing with modeling and analysis of coastal processes. Also the engineers involved in design of coastal protections can benefit from the insight of coastal processes provided in this short course.
Application Procedure:
Deadline IHE application: 13 January 2017 - 23.59 (CET)
Grant Opportunities:
Most of the UNESCO-IHE short courses are eligible for NFP or MSP fellowships and candidates from NFP and MSP countries are always encouraged to apply for one (Deadline NFP: 15 July 2015). It is no longer possible to submit your fellowship application without an individual invitation sent by UNESCO-IHE. More information is available here.
Discounts on the tuition fee apply to the following:
- 30% for UNESCO-IHE alumni
- 30% for UNESCO-IHE G-PoWER partners
- 10% for UN family staff members
- 10% for groups of 5 or more (provided that the course starts at the same time and a group application has been sent)
Qualification
Credits:
In this course the following topics will be discussed:
- Coastal Hydrodynamics
- Sediment transport by currents plus waves
- Sediment balance equation
- Sedimentation of navigation channels
- Current-induced scour around breakwaters
- Formation of channels in deltas and tidal inlets
- Transverse and longshore sand transport under the influence of waves and currents,
- Modern longshore transport formulae and coastline computations
- Analytical formulae
- Background of mathematical models
- Introduction to various hard protection methods (groins, artificial headlands ,offshore breakwaters)
- Main system characteristics of the world’s important coastal lowland environments (mangroves, beach/dunes, estuaries, wetlands)
Deadline IHE application: 13 January 2017 - 23.59 (CET)
Upon completion, the participant should be able to:
- basically understand processes in coastal hydrodynamics and morphology;
- assess processes related to salt intrusion and density currents;
- understand the basics for numerical aspects, be aware of the limitations and characteristics of hydronamic numerical models, know the principle of finite differences and finite element-based methods.
The main goal of this course is to elaborate the main processes and phenomena in the coastal area. Furthermore the participants will be familiarised with basics for numerical modeling to be aware of the limitations and characteristics of hydrodynamic numerical models.
This course is useful for researchers and engineers dealing with modeling and analysis of coastal processes. Also the engineers involved in design of coastal protections can benefit from the insight of coastal processes provided in this short course.
