Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics

Code:

M.EA016

Acronym:

HMC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Hydraulics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M.EA	7	Syllabus	1	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics covers a wide diversity of topics on the sea, the coast as well as on port and coastal interventions/structures. These themes are considered essential to the preparation of qualified Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering professionals to deal with the activities of design, construction and monitoring of these interventions. A country that strategically defends a strong connection to the sea needs these professionals.

Therefore, the main objectives of the UC are:

• To understand the specificities, dynamics and processes specific to coastal environments, where coastal and port interventions and structures are designed and built;
• Learn to use numerical tools for the study of coastal processes;
• To acquire knowledge about the physical aspects and interactions that occur in coastal and port areas, namely in terms of hydrodynamics and hydromorphology.

Learning outcomes and competences

• Understand the physical processes and mechanisms associated with the generation of tides (astronomical and meteorological), wind, sea waves and currents;


• To know and know how to characterize the wave transformation phenomena during their propagation to the coast and how they affect coastal processes, using numerical modelling;


• Acquisition of knowledge on maritime hydrodynamics and coastal hydromorphology, with a view to understanding the morphodynamics of coastal areas and their involvement in the design of coastal structures;


• To know how to analyse and interpret metaoceanic data both in the frequency and time domain as well as to perform long-term analysis (extremes);


• To understand the importance of physical modelling and numerical modelling for the simulation of maritime and coastal processes. To learn how to use numerical tools to study these processes.


• To learn how to characterize the impact of climate variability and climate change on coastal zones.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

It is desirable students having some knowledge about hydraulics and mathematics – basic disciplines required in the application of the methodologies and calculations.

Program

1. Importance of Coastal and Port Engineering;


2. Astronomical and meteorological tides, winds and currents. Measuring equipment and reference levels.


3. Ocean waves. Regular waves. Wave generation and propagation. Wave theories. Progressive waves, translational waves and standing waves. Characteristic parameters. Dispersion relationship. Wave interference.


4. Irregular waves. Characteristic parameters. Time and frequency domain analysis. Rayleigh distribution. Energy spectrum.


5. Marine energy. Resource characterization. Technologies. Intra and inter-annual variability.


6. Long-term analysis. Distribution functions. Exceedance Risk.


7. Environments and coastal forms. Estuaries. Climate variability and climate change.


8. Wave actions on slender structural elements.


9. Wave propagation and deformation in coastal areas. Interaction with solid boundaries. Shoaling, refraction, reflection, breaking, run-up, rundown, setup, setdown, overtopping.


10. Numerical modelling. Types of models. Applications. Propagation and deformation of waves in coastal areas. Analysis using software.


11. Coastal overtopping - Eurotop Manual and its application


12. Dynamics and sedimentary transport. Erosion and accretion. Causes. Mitigation measures.


13. Physical modelling. Similarity laws. Scale and laboratory effects.

Mandatory literature

Docentes da UC.; Elementos de apoio às aulas (e.g., apresentações) a disponibilizar pelos docentes da UC.
USACE; Coastal Engineering Manual, EM 1110-2-1100, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC., US Army Corps of Engineers
Van der Meer, J.W., Allsop, N.W.H., Bruce, T., De Rouck, J., Kortenhaus, A., Pullen, T., Schüttrumpf, H., Troch, P. and Zanuttigh, B.; Manual on wave overtopping of sea defences and related structures. An overtopping manual largely based on European research, but for worldwide application, www.overtopping-manual.com, 2018
Y. Goda; Random Seas and Design of Maritime Structures. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering., World Scientific, Singapore, 2000. ISBN: 981-02-3256-X
J. W. Kamphuis; Introduction to Coastal Engineering and Management. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, World Scientific, 2020. ISBN: 978-981-12-0799-0
CIRIA, CUR, CETMEF; The Rock Manual: The use of rock in hydraulic engineering, CIRIA, London, 2007
Mangor, K., Drønen, N.K., Kærgaard, K.H. Kristensen, S.E.; Shoreline management guidelines, DHI, 2017
Linham, Mathew M. & Nicholls, Robert J.; Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation – Coastal Erosion and Flooding, UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, 2016. ISBN: 978-87-550-3855-4
Wong, P.P., I.J. Losada, J.-P. Gattuso, J. Hinkel, A. Khattabi, K.L. McInnes, Y. Saito, and A. Sallenger; Coastal systems and low-lying areas. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects, Cambridge University Press, 2014

Comments from the literature

Bibliography is presented at the end of each topic.

Bibliography provided to students in digital support (page of the Course Unit at SIFEUP).e

Teaching methods and learning activities

The various subjects will be presented in the Lectures using multimedia resources and the whiteboard, supported by standard exercises, practical examples as well as research results. Next, in theoretical-practical classes, the analysis and resolution of selected exercises and the application of the calculation methodologies to real case studies (coastal and port structures) will be performed. It is also worth mentioning the consultation of studies and projects of coastal engineering. All classes have attendance control.

The study visits to ongoing or already completed works complement classroom learning. The laboratory class aims to consolidate the subjects already learned by performing experimental works and include the generation, acquisition and analysis of regular and irregular wave data as well as the evaluation of wave reflection.

Note: the study visits and laboratory classes depend on the conditions and restrictions that may exist in each school year.

keywords

Natural sciences
Technological sciences
Physical sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	45,50
Estudo autónomo	116,50
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Achieving final classification requires compliance with attendance at the course unit, according to the M.EA assessment rules. It is considered that students meet the attendance requirements if, having been regularly enrolled, the number of absences of 25% for each of the classes’ types is not exceeded (Theoretical classes and Practical classes).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is defined with a basis on two distributed evaluation tests (T1 and T2, which are mandatory) and one practical work. The weight of each evaluation component is 40%, 50% and 10%, respectively.

Each distributed evaluation test, to be carried out without consultation, includes a theoretical part and a practical part (with the support of a form). Classification expressed on a 0-to-20 numerical scale, rounded to one decimal place: theory – 50%; practice – 50%.

The subjects to be included in each evaluation component will be defined each year and the students informed in due time.

 

The final grade, CF, will be calculated based on the following formula:

CF = CT1×40% + CT2×50% + PW×10%, evaluation expressed on a 0-to-20 numerical scale, rounded to one decimal place.

where,

CT1 – grade of T1, to be performed around the middle of the semester on a date to be defined each year,

CT2 – grade of T2, to be performed on the day of the normal season exam,

PW – grade of the practical work.

NOTE 1: ALL students enrolled in the course unit are classified according to this method.

NOTE 2: The re-sit exam consists of two consecutive parts (T1 and T2), to be carried out during the examination period, on a day to be defined.

NOTE 3: The students who have failed the Distributed Evaluation tests, or those who want to improve their grade, may choose to take only one of the evaluation parts (T1 or T2) in the re-sit exam. In this case, the highest grade obtained in this part is considered for the purpose of the final classification. To do this, students must formalize this option 48h before the re-sit exam. The grade of the practical work can not be improved.

NOTE 4: Special exams embrace the entire subject matter.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Experimental work to be carried out in one demonstration laboratory class, as described in the “Teaching Methods” (to be defined each year depending on the work in progress and available conditions).

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The students with a Special Status are classified according to the method presented in "Calculation formula of final grade ", EXCEPT when they undergo examination in a Special Season. In this case, students are evaluated in a “single evaluation moment”, which consist in an exam covering all the course unit subjects (grade is expressed on a 0-to-20 numerical scale, rounded to the unity: theory – 50%; practice – 50%).

Classification improvement

Students who have already  obtained approval in the Curricular Unit (CU) can perform a CLASSIFICATION IMPROVEMENT, only once, under the following conditions:

(i) performing T1, or T2 or both (evaluation on a 0-to-20 numerical scale) in the re-sit examination season of the year they were approved in the CU. The grade of the practical work can not be improved;

(ii) performing an Exam covering all the course unit topics (evaluation on a 0-to-20 numerical scale), after the re-sit examination season of the year they were approved in the CU;

The Final Grade in the Curricular Unit is the highest between the one initially obtained and the one resulting from the classification improvement.

Observations

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Frequency of graduation course units introductory to the subjects covered by the present curricular unit. 

ESTIMATED WORKING TIME OUT OF CLASSES:

4 hours/week.