Syllabi Home   go directly to Course Timeline 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> Textbook and References     Required Textbook: See Textbook information References: None 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