General information
Developments close to the shoreline (coastal, estuarial or lakefront) are often exposed to significant flood risk and/or potential overtopping damage during storms, yet such sites are often highly valued. Wave overtopping / flood risks are likely to increase driven by increased sea levels, and stronger wind speeds. Understanding flood risk from wave overtopping is a key requirement for effective management of coastal / shoreline defences, but such defences range from simple earth banks through to vertical concrete walls, or more complex composite structures. Each of these require different methods to assess overtopping.
The one-day course will introduce the EurOtop manual and will present established and new techniques to predict wave overtopping at seawalls, flood embankments, breakwaters and other shoreline structures. This course will be presented by Professor William Allsop and Dr Tim Pullen (lead authors of the EurOtop Manual) and will give guidance on analysis and/or prediction of wave overtopping for flood defences attacked by wave action. The manual has been intended to assist coastal engineers analyse overtopping performance of most types of sea defence found around Europe. Methods and guidance described in the manual may also be helpful to designers or operators of breakwaters, reclamations, or inland lakes or reservoirs.
The presentations will then introduce the main types of structure, define key structural and hydraulic parameters, discuss the types of prediction methods, and give guidance on how results should be interpreted. A discussion on tolerable discharges and overtopping processes will give guidance on tolerable discharges. The main presentations will describe each of the main methods available for predicting overtopping, including desk calculations, use of the Neural network tool, PC Overtopping and EurOtop’s online Calculation Tool. Example calculations and case studies will be used to illustrate key methods. Iterative or explicit approaches to setting a crest level will be illustrated.
At the end of the course, participants will be familiar with the most recent guidance on wave overtopping. They will have hands-on experience of key input parameters, application of prediction tools, and understand the levels of confidence that can be ascribed to such predictions. They will understand the significance of different sources of guidance, including recent or future research results and, therefore, be able to devise alternative solutions to wave overtopping problems with confidence by understanding the overtopping process, and direct experience of the main prediction methods.
Content
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Venue
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
HR Wallingford
Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA
Application
Cost:
<p><strong>Standard delegate rate: </strong>£540,00 (including VAT at 20%)</p> <p>Fee is per participant. It includes all documentation, meal(s) and refreshments.</p>
Prerequisites:
The course is designed for graduate and chartered engineers, flood risk managers, consultants, contractors, owners / operators of coastal or reservoir/lake frontages, post-graduate researchers, and any others who need to be able to anticipate and / or predict wave overtopping.
Application Procedure:
Click on the "Book now" button on the website of the course to register. You will be directed to the shopping cart where you will be able enter the delegate's details and proceed to payment (if applicable). You will be able to either request an invoice (if registering more than 30 days in advance) or to pay online by credit/debit card.
NOTE: you can only register one delegate at a time.
Qualification
Developments close to the shoreline (coastal, estuarial or lakefront) are often exposed to significant flood risk and/or potential overtopping damage during storms, yet such sites are often highly valued. Wave overtopping / flood risks are likely to increase driven by increased sea levels, and stronger wind speeds. Understanding flood risk from wave overtopping is a key requirement for effective management of coastal / shoreline defences, but such defences range from simple earth banks through to vertical concrete walls, or more complex composite structures. Each of these require different methods to assess overtopping.
The one-day course will introduce the EurOtop manual and will present established and new techniques to predict wave overtopping at seawalls, flood embankments, breakwaters and other shoreline structures. This course will be presented by Professor William Allsop and Dr Tim Pullen (lead authors of the EurOtop Manual) and will give guidance on analysis and/or prediction of wave overtopping for flood defences attacked by wave action. The manual has been intended to assist coastal engineers analyse overtopping performance of most types of sea defence found around Europe. Methods and guidance described in the manual may also be helpful to designers or operators of breakwaters, reclamations, or inland lakes or reservoirs.
The presentations will then introduce the main types of structure, define key structural and hydraulic parameters, discuss the types of prediction methods, and give guidance on how results should be interpreted. A discussion on tolerable discharges and overtopping processes will give guidance on tolerable discharges. The main presentations will describe each of the main methods available for predicting overtopping, including desk calculations, use of the Neural network tool, PC Overtopping and EurOtop’s online Calculation Tool. Example calculations and case studies will be used to illustrate key methods. Iterative or explicit approaches to setting a crest level will be illustrated.
Click on the "Book now" button on the website of the course to register. You will be directed to the shopping cart where you will be able enter the delegate's details and proceed to payment (if applicable). You will be able to either request an invoice (if registering more than 30 days in advance) or to pay online by credit/debit card.
NOTE: you can only register one delegate at a time.
At the end of the course, participants will be familiar with the most recent guidance on wave overtopping. They will have hands-on experience of key input parameters, application of prediction tools, and understand the levels of confidence that can be ascribed to such predictions. They will understand the significance of different sources of guidance, including recent or future research results and, therefore, be able to devise alternative solutions to wave overtopping problems with confidence by understanding the overtopping process, and direct experience of the main prediction methods.
The course is designed for graduate and chartered engineers, flood risk managers, consultants, contractors, owners / operators of coastal or reservoir/lake frontages, post-graduate researchers, and any others who need to be able to anticipate and / or predict wave overtopping.
