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LAR-Laws & Rules

P.E.-Professional Engineers

 

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Coastal Engineering - Surf Zone Hydrodynamics

Course No. C-3025

Credit: 3 PDH

Course Fee: $86.85 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: Donna C. Rona, P.E., PhD

Overview

The US coastlines extend over 95,000 miles over 24 states, containing 5 of the 10 most populous cities, and roughly 30 percent of the population. The dynamic surf zone is the interface between water and land. Within this zone, energy is transferred, cliffs eroded, shorelines shifted and changed. Ripples of waves may gently lap on expanses of sand, or 39 foot waves may batter the land. Within this zone, recreational and fisheries activities have expanded, creating a critical economic component of most coastal states.

This course presents the basic definitions and equations that describe the hydrodynamics of the surf zone, including water waves, wave setup, runup, and nearshore currents.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.

 

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Know the basic vocabulary of waves and currents in the surf zone
  • Associate various wave dynamics with descriptive formula
  • Describe regular and irregular waves
  • Recognize the components of predictive hydrodynamic equations to describe wave height, runup, currents, etc.
  • Identify infragravity waves
  • Differentiate longshore, cross-shore and rip currents

 

Course

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Coastal Engineering - Surf Zone Hydrodynamics

 

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