Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kaufman Hall Room 135
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0241, USA
Tel) (757) 683-3753
Fax) (757) 683-5354

 

	
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Core Information
Course CEE 687 Dredging and Beach Engineering
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits
Fall Semester, ODU Campus
Session Fall Session #1
Instructor Dr. David R. Basco, Professor, P.E., Ph.D. CEE, KH Rm. 136
Phone (757) 683-3223
Fax (757) 683-5354
e-mail <basco@cee.odu.edu>

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Tentative Course Outline
 

CEE 687 Dredging and Beach Engineering
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits
ODU Campus
Fall Session

Today is

         Topics Reading Assignments

[1]

[2]

Introduction, Types of Dredges, Terminology (slides)
Review of Fluid Mechanics, Pumps, Pipe Systems

1

[3]

[4]

Centrifugal Pumps, Pipeline System Curves, Cavitation
NPSH, Slurry Effects on Pump Performance


1

[5]
[6]

Pipe Sediment Transport, Slurry Head Loss
System Analysis, Production Estimates, Summary


1

[7]
[8]

Hopper Dredges, Mechanical Dredges, Limitations
Hopper Versus Bucket Dredges, Thimble Shoal


1

[9]
[10]

Jet Pumps, Small Scale Dredging Equipment
Tidal Inlets, Sand By-Passing, Rudee Inlet


1

[11]
[12]

Shoaling Mechanisms, Shoaling Rate Studies
Shoaling Study Example - Mayport, Florida


Handout

[13]
[14]

Examination no.1 Dredging Engineering



[15]

[16]

Introduction, Kinds of Beaches, Terminology (slides)
Coastal Sediment Transport Processes and Budgets


2

[17]
[18]

Borrow Site Characteristics, James Curves
Fill Design Methods


2

[19]
[20]

End Loses and Fill Design Life
Construction Methods, Performance Monitoring


2

[21]

[22]

Introduction to Dredging and Corps of Engineers (R.Vann,NAO)
Maintenance Dredging, Norfolk, D.O. (R.Klein, NAO)



[23]

[24]

Long Term Management of Dredged Materials (S. McGee, NAO)
Renourishment of Sandbridge Beach (G.Swean, NAO)



[25]
[26]

Beach Fill Design and performance - dam neck
Structures to Increase Fill Life of Beaches


2

[27]
[28]

The Interaction of Seawalls and Beaches
Beach Engineering Software


2

[29]
[30]

Summary- Beach Engineering
Summary Course



[31]

FINAL EXAMINATION 7:000-10:00 PM


NOTES:
1- Course Notes 1, Fall 1999
2- Course Notes 2, Fall 1999