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Dr Van der Meer has been lecturer for many years at UNESCO IHE, Delft. His lectures and exercise on breakwater design have now been compacted to a
full 4 days course for (university) students and to an even more dedicated course for consulting companies. The first course has been given at the Yildiz Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and the second course for IMDC, Antwerp, Belgium. Courses can be given at any location you would like and can be dedicated to your requirements. The set-up of the course can be as follows: |
| Full 4 day course for students with more exercise |
| Day 1, morning | Lecture 1 | Introduction, functions, requirements, types of breakwaters, cross-section, general pictures |
| Lecture 2 | Boundary conditions, waves, definitions, shallow water, daily and extreme wave climate, introduction to hydraulic response | |
| Lecture 3 | Wave run-up, overtopping, transmission, reflection | |
| Day 1, afternoon | Exercise |
Introduction to Exercise Breakwater Design Determination of design wave climate |
| Day 2, morning | Lecture 4 | Rock armour stability |
| Lecture 5 | Video: Rock Slopes; stability concrete armour | |
| Lecture 6 | Low-crested and berm breakwaters | |
| Day 2, afternoon | Exercise | Design cross-section of breakwater |
| Day 3 | Exercise | Exercise on design of cross-section, without guidance |
| Day 4, morning | Lecture 7 | Toe, head, life time, finalizing lectures |
| Lecture 8 |
Video: Construction of breakwaters Finalise exercise |
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| Day 4, afternoon | Exercise |
Presentation of cross-section of breakwater; discussion |
| Dedicated course (mainly from 11.00-17.00) |
| Day 1 |
Introduction, functions, requirements, types of breakwaters, cross-section, general pictures, including physical model research; Boundary conditions, waves, definitions, shallow water, daily and extreme wave climate, introduction to hydraulic response; Wave run-up, transmission, reflection; Short exercise on design wave climate. |
| Day 2 |
Wave overtopping (including crest walls) Wave Overtopping Simulator; Rock armour stability and video: Rock Slopes; Short exercise on determining the crest height (run-up/overtopping/transmission). |
| Day 3 |
Concrete armour units; Low-crested structures Berm breakwaters; Short exercise on determining armour weights. |
| Day 4 |
Construction of caissons by dry dock; Under layers/filters, rear side stability, toe, head; Practical aspects; life time, finalizing; Final exercise, design of a cross-section of a breakwater. |
| You can contact Van der Meer for details, possibilities, and terms and conditions. |