| Short Course on COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF COASTAL STRUCTURES |
| June 24-27, 2001 Department of Civil Engineering Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman |
| About the course: Coastal engineering being a new addition to the civil engineering has a great potential for advancement in the middle eastern countries blessed with a coastline. The need for new ports and harbor facilities, oil rigging platforms and ocean pipelines is rising in this region and there is a constant demand for the engineers capable of designing the appropriate coastal structures. In near future, the ocean would be a major source of industrial water and a sink to the treated wastewater. It would thus require a very careful design of ocean intakes and outfalls in order to meet the environmental standards. The main purpose of this course is to enhance the knowledge of practicing engineers who are currently working or in future wish to work on the design of coastal structures like, harbors, breakwaters, jetties, sea walls and ocean outfalls. The information will be provided on the current methods of analysis in coastal environments and current design practices. A comprehensive example would be considered to describe the step-by-step design procedure for a small craft harbor. Computer generated flow visualizations would be shown to elaborate the wave movement and transformations. Who should attend: The course is intended for engineers, designers and consultants who are involved or would be involved in coastal structure design or coastal monitoring projects. |
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