- Docente: Alberto Lamberti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ICAR/01
- Language: English
- Moduli: Alberto Lamberti (Modulo 1) Renata Archetti (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Civil Engineering (cod. 8211)
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to provide tools for static analysis and basic skills for the evaluation of coastal structures impact and design. The course will introduce and describe processes that characterize the oceanic and littoral environment and provide tools for the analysis and design of coastal defences, harbours and offshore structures. Observations and physical intuition for understanding physical processes are emphasized.
Course contents
Marine environment. Sea level: long period variation,
tide, storm surge. Wind: generation, measurements and
statistics. Currents due to tide, wind and density. Waves:
Airy theory for propagatory and stationary waves, solitary wave,
breaking, reflection, refraction and diffraction, irregular
waves and characteristic parameters, wave generation by wind,
generation and propagation zones.
Ships and navigation. Ships characteristics and
dimensions. Ship dynamics and control. Route signals.
Entrance, exit and quay approach manoeuvres. Simulation
models. Approach channel and manoeuvre area dimensions.
Harbor design. Industrial and turistic harbor layout:
exemples, criteria and trend. Acceptable agitation in harbors
related to ships and operations. Contents of general harbour plan,
preliminary and final design. Impact on adjacent littorals and
territories.
Harbor plants and equipments. Displacement and
stocking of generic wares and containers; specialized
terminals. Organisation of space on quay, road system.
Touristic harbour, specialized equipment.
Harbor works. Rubble mound breakwaters: shapes, elements and
functions. Construction yard. Failure modes and design
checks. Armor layer, berms, sublayers, hydraulic stability and
structural resistance, permeability and loss of fine materials. Run
up, overtopping, crownwall and inner armor hydraulic stability.
Geotechnical stability and settlement. Vertical wall
breakwaters: types, elements, functions and construction. Failure
modes and design checks. Pressure on the wall and its
stability, crownwall stability. Foundation rubble mound,
hydraulic and geotechnical checks. Dynamics under breaking
waves. Quaywalls and piers: types and functions. Soil
pressure and wall stability. Wave absorbing elements. Wave action
on piles. Loading of approaching and at berth ships. Quay services
and related loading, functional requirements. Cyclopean block or
caisson walls, sheet piles, piers. Bollards and
fenders. Docks and locks.
Offshore works. Approach channel and dredging. Fixed
and floating offshore platforms, mooring systems.
Readings/Bibliography
J.W. Kamphuis, Introduction to coastal engineering and
management, 2nd ed, World Scientific, 30/jun/2010 - 525 pp,
ISBN9812834850, 9789812834850
Teaching methods
The course is composed by lectures and exercizes. During lectures
principles are explained with exemples. During exercize classes two
simple projects are proposed to small groups of students and
verified.
Assessment methods
Exercize projects are verified at the end of the course, personal
preparation is verified by a short oral exam.
Teaching tools
Lectures. Notes and auxiliary materials given in class or
accessible through the teacher web site.
Office hours
See the website of Alberto Lamberti
See the website of Renata Archetti