Advanced Course on Coastal Environments

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Lecturer
Nadaoka Kazuo 
Place
Tue7-8(W831)  
Credits
Lecture2  Exercise0  Experiment0
Code
77048
Syllabus updated
2008/10/1
Lecture notes updated
2008/10/1
Semester
Fall Semester

Outline of lecture

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Coastal zone is subjected to large environmental impacts as well as various natural phenomena such as waves and currents. Theories and numerical simulation methods related to these aspects will be lectured with some recent topics on the improvement of coastal environments.

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1.Physics of Water Waves:Basic Theory/Non1inear Wave Theories/Wave Breaking and Related Phenomena/Wind Waves and Random Waves/Various Wave Models and Numerical Simulation
2.Physics of Coastal Currents
3.Nearshore Sediment Transport and Beach Deformation:Mechanism of Sediment Transport/Budget of Sediment Transport Rate and Resultant Beach Deformation/Control of Littoral Drift
4.Environmental Hydraulics in Coastal Zone:Introduction/Physical Environments in Coastal Zone/Control and Improvement of Coastal Environments

Purpose of lecture

Coastal zone is subjected to large environmental impacts as well as various natural phenomena such
as waves and currents. Theories and numerical simulation methods related to these aspects will be
lectured with some recent topics on the improvement of coastal environments.

Plan of lecture

1. Physics of Water Waves:
Basic Theory
Linear and Nonlinear Wave Theories
Wave Breaking and Related Phenomena
Various Wave Models and Numerical Simulation
2. Physics of Coastal Currents:
Nearshore Currents
3. Nearshore Sediment Transport and Beach Deformation:
Mechanism of Sediment Transport
Budget of Sediment Transport Rate and
Resultant Beach Deformation
Control of Littoral Drift
4. Environmental Hydraulics in Coastal Zone:
Introduction
Physical Environments in Coastal Zone
Control and Improvement of Coastal Environments

Textbook and reference

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Evaluation

繝ャ繝昴シ繝茨シterm paper; 80%シ峨♀繧医ウ蜃コ蟶ュ轤ケシattendance record; 20%シ

Comments from lecturer

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