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| GCIV2040-2 | Swell and actions on marine structures
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 5h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Sébastien Erpicum |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| This course aims at giving to the students the theoretical and practical notions necessary to understand the characteristics of swell and the actions it induces on structures.
- Fluid mechanics reminders
- Swell theories
- Breaking
- Reflexion, refraction, diffraction
- Real swell
- Induced actions
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand the main theories and mains behaviours of swell as well as to compute the actions it induces on structures.
Through the group project and the writing of a report, the students will develop their abilities of self-learning and application of the notions teached during the lectures, their ability to work in group as well as their capacity to structure and expose in writing their reasoning. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The course uses basic notions of mathematics and fluid mechanics. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is based on lectures, a project in group and exercises.
These activities are complementary and form a coherent whole enabling to tackle the course content from a theoretical (lectures) or practical (project) point of view. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face course |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The PowerPoint slides of the course will be posted on MyUlg (restricted access) before the lectures.
The slides of the course and videos are available on e-campus. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The analysis of the written report of the project provides a note for the whole of the students constituting a group. This note is a 25% part of the final evaluation.
The report of the exercises provides an individual note which is a 15% part of the final evaluation.
A written exam on theoretical (closed books) and practical (open books) subjects provides an individual note which is a 60% part of the final evaluation. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Course given during the 1st quadrimestre, on Tuesday from 10 to 12.30 AM |
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Contacts :
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| Dr S. Erpicum
Hydraulics in Environmental and Civil Engineering (HECE)
Institut de Mécanique et Génie Civil - Bât. B52/3
Chemin des Chevreuils, 1
B-4000 Liège
Tél. : 04/366.95.96
S.Erpicum@ulg.ac.be |
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