Due to ongoing developments in approach, methods and tools of designing of coastal and port structures, UNESCO-IHE offers two short courses on these subjects. The main goal of these two short courses is to familiarize the participants with the design of layout of a port as well as the port related structures in the port area or offshore such as breakwaters and berthing facilities.

Learning objectives

In the first short course of this set of two, the main focus is on the difference between alternative types of breakwaters and governing factors for their selection, the engineering design of breakwaters from conceptual to detailed and the preparation of layouts and detailed cross-sections.

Also the application of the submerged breakwater and the effect of construction of breakwaters on the adjacent coastline will be discussed. In order to achieve these goals, this course contains a real based exercise and participants will be asked to design the breakwaters of a port and defend their design in front of a group of experts.

Meanwhile an overview of the use of physical models in design of coastal structures including outline of the factors determining the design of scale models, reproduction of various hydraulic phenomena and scale effects will be given.

Also in this course the physical structures and vessels used in the offshore industry will be reviewed.

Target group

This course is useful for engineers involved in the design of coastal structures specially breakwaters and/or the supervision of coastal structure projects. Knowledge about the coastal processes such as wind, waves, tides and tidal currents is necessary.

Partners

TU Delft, Alkyon, Van der Meer Consulting, INFARM

Additional information

Lecturers

J. Van der Meer
J. Wouters
C. van der Lem
R. Ranasinghe
A.B. Aalbers
J. van Overeem