Overview
Water wave mechanics is the most basic physics describing the coastal environment. Water waves generate the forces that determine the shape of beaches and shorelines. Understanding water wave mechanics is crucial to all coastal planning, including recreational beaches, structures, harbors, marinas, waterways, and shore protection measures. This course reviews the various wave parameters, wave theories and wave analysis techniques to understand and describe the waves, their forces, accelerations and velocities.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifty (50) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The vocabulary of water wave description and analysis
- Familiarity with linear and non-linear wave theories
- Recognize and identify the components of wave equations
- Differentiate the components of wave train analysis
- Relate description and examples of wave spectral analysis
Course
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Coastal Engineering - Water Wave Mechanics
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