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Course Name	Turkish	Wave Mechanics
	English	Wave Mechanics
Course Code	DEN 318E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	6	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Şafak Nur Ertürk Bozkurtoğlu
Course Objectives		1. To teach students basic concepts of water wave mechanics, 2. To improve the students’ ability to solve and interpret water wave mechanics problems. 3. to provide the students with a basic and applied knowledge of water wave mechanics as required in the design of ocean structures, marine vehicles and harbours; in the protection of shores; and for the prediction of sea states.
Course Description		Wave theories in deep and shallow waters, kinematics of wave particles, Non-linear wave theories, transitional domains for the different wave theories Breaking wave mechanics, wave refraction, diffraction and reflection, One-sided and Directional wave spectrums,: Wave Statistics, Diagrams of wave height and wave period distribution, Short and Long term design wave height calculations by spectra formula and distribution diagrams.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: I. Calculate wave characteristics for various depths II. Define wave motion III. Solve refraction, diffraction and reflection problems. IV. Make statistical wave calculations V. Calculate wave forces acting on various structures VI. Explain different wave teories
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Textbook		Dean, Robert G. and Dalrymple, Robert A. “Water Wave Mechanics for Engineers and Scientists”, World Scientific, 1994.
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