Wave action on coastal structures

• An introduction to the main types of structure.
• Use simple methods to estimate wave loads and how to predict wave overtopping, crest level calculation, and armour size determination.
• An introduction to the EurOtop manual and the techniques (both established and new) used to predict wave overtopping at shoreline structures.
• Gain a theoretical understanding of the key issues in coastal engineering.
• Definition of key structural and hydraulic parameters, discussion of the types of prediction methods, and guidance on how the results should be interpreted.
• The main methods available for predicting overtopping (desk calculations; use of BayonetGPE tool; PC Overtopping).

Example calculations and case studies are used to illustrate key methods along with iterative or explicit approaches to setting a crest level.

Designed for those who need to be able to anticipate and/or predict the response of coastal structures to wave action, this course is aimed at graduate and chartered engineers, flood risk managers, consultants, contractors, owners and operators of coastal or reservoir/lake frontages, and post-graduate researchers.

At the end of the course, participants will:

• be aware of the types and breadth of coastal structures in use;
• be familiar with key coastal processes affecting the design of coastal structures, and the most recent guidance on wave overtopping;
• have had hands-on experience of key input parameters, application of prediction tools, and understand levels of confidence that can be ascribed to such predictions;
• understand the significance of different sources of guidance, including recent or future research results;
• be able to devise alternative solutions with confidence by understanding key coastal process, the overtopping process, and by their experience of the main prediction methods.