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Course Name	Turkish	Kıyı Mühendisliği
	English	Coastal Engineering
Course Code	DEN 405E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	1	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Bilge Tutak
Course Objectives		1. To get an overview of the subjects of coastal engineering, 2. To learn about the wave mechanics, design wave height, and wave hindcasting and forecasting, 3. To understand wave shoaling, refraction, and diffraction by applications, 4. To learn the coastal structures and their effects on the sediment transport. 5. To supply necessary information about the fundamentals of design of coastal structures, 6. To generate and establish a methodology for structural design from engineering stand point
Course Description		Introduction to coastal engineering. Wave mechanics, linear and nonlinear wave theories. Random waves.Selection of design wave height and period; wave hindcasting and forecasting; seasonal variations. Waveshoaling, wave refraction and diffraction. Wave breaking, breaker depth index. Sediment transport due to wave induced currents. Shoreline and beach processes. Coastal structures. Forces on structures. Rubble mound structure design. Design of other shorefront structures: seawalls, bulkheads, groins, jettes, and breakwaters. Impact of coastal structures on sediment transport within the surf zone.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: 1. Get a general knowledge of the subjects of coastal engineering, 2. Learn about the wave mechanics, design wave height, and wave hindcasting and forecasting, 3. Understand wave shoaling, refraction, and diffraction by applications, 4. Learn the currents due to wave breaking and their effects on the sediment transport, 5. Understand the shoreline and beach processes, 6. Learn the coastal structures and their effects on the sediment transport.
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Textbook		Shore Protection Manual, Vol 1-2, Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, USA 1984.
Other References		R.G. Dean and R.A. Dalrymple, Water Wave Mechanics for Engineers and Scientist, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey 1984. Coastal Engineering Manual, US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, USA 2001. Ippen, AT, Estuary And Coastline Hydrodynamics, New York, Mcgraw-Hill, 1966.

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