Syllabi Home   go directly to Course Timeline 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