Aim
The course aims at conveying knowledge within the areas of coastal engineering, coastal sediment transport, and coastal management. The emphasis in coastal engineering is directed towards wind generated waves and the forces these waves impose on the coastal zone. In coastal sediment transport focus is on transport processes under the influence of waves and currents. Coastal management discusses coastal protection methods as well as strategies for managing the coast in a wider societal perspective. The course aims at conveying basic knowledge about the governing physical processes as well as overall management strategies where the coastal processes are regarded as a part of society.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to explain and use basic principles and processes within coastal engineering, coastal sediment transport, and coastal management.

• be able to describe the process of generation of wind waves and the forces these waves impose on the coastal zone.

• be able to integrate an engineering coastal problem into a wider societal perspective.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to solve a typical coastal engineering problem by using his/her knowledge about coastal engineering, coastal sediment transport, and coastal management.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to give an oral and written description of possible solutions of a typical coastal engineering problem to different interest groups and audiences.

Contents

• coastal Hydraulics: Wave theory including phenomena such as shoaling, refraction, diffraction, reflection, and wave breaking. Statistical wave theory and estimation of waves generated by wind. Nearshore currents and water level variations together with their causes. Forces on structures due to breaking and non-breaking waves. Planning and design of nearshore structures.

• coastal Sediment Transport: Basic sediment transport processes, morphologic response, alongshore transport, cross-shore transport, modelling of coastal evolution.

• coastal Management: Integrated coastal zone management issues, GIS, coastal classification, coastal protection strategies, design aspects of coastal protection, coastal protection measures.

Literature
US Army Corps of Engineers: Shore Protection Manual. Hanson, H.: Coastal Engineering Issues in Coastal Zone Management, Hanson, H.: Sediment Transport and Coastal Protection. Hanson, H.: Sample problems in coastal engineering.