The main goal of this course is to elaborate the main processes and phenomena in the coastal area, including Coastal Hydrodynamics, Coastal Morphology and Coastal Ecosystems. Furthermore the participants will be familiarised with basics for numerical modeling to be aware of the limitations and characteristics of hydrodynamic numerical models.

Target group

This course is useful for researchers and engineers dealing with modeling and analysis of coastal processes. Also the engineers involved in design of coastal protections can benefit from the insight of coastal processes provided in this short course.

Course content

In this course the following topics will be discussed:

Coastal Hydrodynamics
Sediment transport by currents plus waves
Sediment balance equation
Sedimentation of navigation channels
Current-induced scour around breakwaters
Formation of channels in deltas and tidal inlets
Transverse and longshore sand transport under the influence of waves and currents,
Modern longshore transport formulae and coastline computations
Analytical formulae
Background of mathematical models
Introduction to various hard protection methods (groins, artificial headlands ,offshore breakwaters)
Main system characteristics of the world’s important coastal lowland environments (mangroves, beach/dunes, estuaries, wetlands)

Lecturers

Prof. Dano Roelvink
Rosh Ranasinghe
Frank van der Meulen
Mick van der Wegen

Examination

It is possible to take part in the examination of this short course. If you obtain a passing mark for this examination and return to UNESCO-IHE within four years after completion of the short course to follow a full MSc programme, you will receive exemption for this short course/module. The costs for this exam are €250 extra and should be borne by yourself. Taking part in the examination is not compulsory.