2020-2021 / GCIV2040-2

Swell and actions on marine structures

Duration

15h Th, 5h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in oceanography (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Sébastien Erpicum

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

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

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The course uses basic notions of mathematics and fluid mechanics.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is based on lectures, exercises and a project.
These activities are complementary and form a coherent whole enabling to tackle the course content from a theoretical (lectures) or practical (exercices, project) point of view.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face to face course

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

The slides of the course and videos are available on e-campus.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

The evaluation of the exercices and the project provide, during the semester, individual marks that are considered with the exam result to build the final mark. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Course given during the 1st quadrimestre
 
Slides available on e-campus

Contacts

Dr S. Erpicum
Hydraulics in Environmental and Civil Engineering (HECE) Quartier Polytech 1 - Institut de Mécanique et Génie Civil - Bât. B52/3 Allée de la Découverte, 9 B-4000 Liège Tél. : 04/366.95.96 S.Erpicum@uliege.be