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 788/888 Coastal Hydrodynamics & Sediment Transport Process
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits
Spring Semester, ODU Campus
Session Spring 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:
Komar, D.D. (1998) Beach Processes and Sedimentation, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall, NJ, R.M. Sorenesen, Chapman and Hall, N.Y., 1997 (2nd Edition).

References:
Coastal Engineering Manual, SEM. 2000 CD-ROM, Parts II, III<& IV

Tentative Course Outline
 

CEE 788/888 Coastal Hydrodynamics & Sediment Transport Process
Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits
ODU Campus
Fall Session

Today is

Mtg. No. Topics Chpt. Pages

[1]

Organization, introduction, review linear wave theory


1

ALL

[2]

Review water wave mechanics, wave transformations


5

137-207

[3]

Intro. To radiation stress theory (handout)


5

168

[4]

Mohr's circle, radiation stress theory applications(handout)


handout


[5]

Wave breaking nearshore, wave energy flux gradient


6

208-217

[6]

Surf zone energy dissipation models


6

217-232

[7]

Wave set down and set up


6

232-238

[8]

Undertow, wave runup edge waves


6

231-264

[9]

Beach profiles, morphdogy


7

270-302

[10]

Profile change due to storm


7

302-314

[11]

Cross-shore sediment transport models


7

315-326

[12]

Summary-Cross-shore hydrodynamics &. processes




[13]

EXAMINATION NO.1 CROSS SHORE




[14]

Longshore currents, rips, nearshore circulation


8

336-350

[15]

Longshore currents due to obliquely breaking waves


8

350-366

[16]

Longshore sediment transport structures


9

377-390

[17]

Wave power and sediment transport rates


9

390-400

[18]

Cross-shore distribution of longshore transport


9

401-417

[19]

Planform models of shoreline shape


10

424-430

[20]

Analytical and numerical, one-line models


10

430-453

[21]

Geomorphology of eroding coasts


2

16-30

[22]

Geomorphology of accreting coasts


2

37-44

[23]

Beach morphology and sediment


3

45-60

[24]

Beach morphology and sediment budgets


3

61-75

[25]

EXAMINATION NO.2 LONGSHORE




[26]

Thanksgiving Holiday - No class




[27]

Nearshore morphodynamics


11

All

[28]

Water levels, tides, storm surge


4

76-100

[29]

Sea level rise literature, greenhouse effects


4

101-136

[30]

Protection of our coasts - critique


12

All

[31]

FINAL EXAM 3:45 - 6:45 pm