The course aims to give the students basic and practical knowledges about wind gravity waves mechanics in deep intermediate and shallow waters, spectral sea waves description, statistical analysis of wave characteristics for long return periods, coastal sediment transport, coastal morphology and coastal morphodynamics
Wave propagation from deep waters to the coastaline
Analysis of wave climate
Evaluation of littoral sediment transport and sediment budgets
Basic programming in Matlab
Use of Linux environment
Classroom teaching - 48 hours
Computer practices - 12 hours
Linear approximation for wind generated waves; cinematic characteristics, wave energy flux
Wave propagation: simplified approach for shoaling, refraction, reflection, diffraction and wave breaking
Spectral description of sea waves
Statistical description of sea waves: short term and long term analysis
Wind waves generation and short term forecast
Coastal zone morphology
Littoral sediment transport
Coastal sediment transport
Ricevimento: Prior phone or e-mail appointment
GIOVANNI BESIO (President)
PAOLO BLONDEAUX
LAURA LANDO' REBAUDENGO
At the beginning of the second semester, according to the official timetable.
Oral dissertation
The students should submit a report about the compter tutorials developed during the course.
The exam consists in an oral discussion about the report and the rest of the program of the course whose purpose is the assessment of student's trained skills.
