CODE 66208 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE 9263 (LM-35) - GENOVA 5 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE 9263 (LM-23) - GENOVA 5 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE 9263 (LM-35) - GENOVA 5 cfu anno 2 INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE 9263 (LM-23) - GENOVA 5 cfu anno 1 INGEGNERIA CIVILE 10799 (LM-23) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ICAR/02 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: MARITIME HYDRAULICS AND MARITIME CONSTRUCTIONS TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course, scheduled in the second half of the academic year, aims at introducing students to the principles of coastal structures planning and design with a focus on breakwaters and quaywalls AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Learning outcomes of the course are the capability of the student to plan and design any kind of breakwater for harbour protection and to set-up a preliminary design of different types of quaywalls AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Ability to design breakwaters for harbour protection Preliminary design knowledge for the construction of harbour quaywalls Preliminary planning capabilities of areas for naval repairs, marinas and and fishing harbours TEACHING METHODS Classes will be given with frontal teaching with the help of slides SYLLABUS/CONTENT Basic of wave dynamics Rubble mound breakwaters Vertical breakwaters Probabilistic design for coastal structures Quay walls, piers and jetties Shipyards Forces on piles and pipelines due to waves RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Bruun, P., 1990, Port Engineering, Gulf Publishing Company Thoresen C.A.,2003, Port design's Handbook, Thomas Telford Tsinker, G.P., 1997, Handbook of Port and Harbor Engineering, Chapman & hall Velsink, H.,1993, Ports and terminals, T.U., Delft CUR, 2005. Handbook Quay Walls. Balkema Report PIANC Tomasicchio U., 2002, Manuale di Ingegneria Portuale e Costiera, BIOS TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GIOVANNI BESIO Ricevimento: Prior phone or e-mail appointment FRANCESCO DE LEO Exam Board GIOVANNI BESIO (President) PAOLO BLONDEAUX (President) GIOVANNA VITTORI LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam consists in a discussion on the contents presented during the course ASSESSMENT METHODS The discussion during the exam will cover all the subjects presented during the classes. Particular focus will be dedicated to breakwaters and quaywalls design and technologies
