Detailed Program

The lectures will be conducted in the conference room (
Room 2069) located in The Department of Civil Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman. The tutorials will be conducted in the Computer Laboratory (Room 1014A) on the first floor of College of Engineering Main building.


June 24, 2001

Time                                 Contents                                                                Location

09:00-09:50   Introduction (coastal engineering applications, brief history,
                    wave theories)                                                                               Room 2069

10:00-10:50 Generation of wind waves (mechanism, methods of wave prediction)  Room 2069

10:50-11:10 Coffee/tea break

11:10-12:00 Working with ACES program (Introduction, applications, tutorial)       Room 1014A

12:00-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:20 Wave transformation I (shoaling, refraction, diffraction)                     Room 2069

14:30-15:20 Wave transformation I (tutorial)                                                       Room 1014A


June 25, 2001

Time                                Contents                                                                  Location

09:00-09:50 Wave transformation, II (Reflection, breaking, runup)                        Room 2069

10:00-10:50 Tides (generation mechanism, prediction)                                          Room 2069

10:50-11:10 Coffee/tea break

11:10-12:00 Tide prediction using EXCEL (tutorial)                                              Room 1014A

12:00-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:20 Coastal structures (pressure on a vertical wall, Sainflou theory)           Room 2069

14:30-15:20 Coastal structures (breaking wave pressure, rubble mound structures,
                    Hudson formula, typical breakwaters)                                               Room 2069


June 26, 2001

Time                                 Contents                                                                  Location

09:00-09:50 Design of small craft harbor (Introduction, site selection, design criteria,
10:00-10:50 design: channel, protective structure position, wave absorbers, stone
                   structures, sand bypassing)                                                              Room 2069

10:50-11:10 Coffee/tea break

11:10-12:00 Design of small craft harbor (wave prediction tutorial)                         Room 1014A

12:00-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:20 Design of small craft harbor (wave attenuation system design tutorial)  Room 1014A

14:30-15:20 Design of small craft harbor (breakwater design tutorial)                     Room 1014A


June 27, 2001

Time                                  Contents                                                                  Location

09:00-09:50 Sediment transport (mechanism, beach sediments,
                   longshore transport rate)                                                                   Room 2069

10:00-10:50 Ocean outfall design considerations                                                    Room 2069

10:50-11:10 Coffee/tea break

11:10-12:00 Summary and evaluation                                                                   Room 2069


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