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Course Name	Turkish	Deniz Dalgalarının Dinamiği
	English	Dynamics of Ocean Waves
Course Code	DTM 518E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	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		Formulation of a Surface Wave. Standing Waves. Progressive Waves. Waves Due to Pulsating Source Near the Free Surface. Waves Generated by a Singularity of Constant Strength in Uniform Translation. Wave Motions due to Pressure Distribution on the Free Surface. Waves Due to a Segmental Pressure Distribution on the Free Surface of Deep Water. Waves Due to 3-D Sources.
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. Calculate wave forces acting on various structures V. Explain different wave teories
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Textbook		Dynamics and Modelling of Ocean Waves G. J. Komen, L. Cavaleri, M. Donelan, K. Hasselmann, S. Hasselmann and P. A. E. M. Janssen, Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780521577816
Other References		Dean, Robert G. and Dalrymple, Robert A. “Water Wave Mechanics for Engineers and Scientists”, World Scientific, 1994. An Introduction to Water Wave Theory in Ocean Engineering C.H. Kim, Davidson Laboratory, Ocean Engineering Department, Stevens ınstitute of Technology, 1980 (Lecture Notes)

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