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Unit of Study GLY83001 - Coastal Hydraulics (2019)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 5 day compulsory residential for all students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Extends and applies a student's knowledge of fluid mechanics and coastal geomorphology to understand and analyse the dynamic interactions between movement of water in the ocean, coastal landforms, and engineered structures. The unit seeks to develop an advanced knowledge of the processes that govern, and the tools needed to investigate and predict, the hydraulic behaviour of coastal systems.

Unit content

Mechanics of water waves

Wave transformations

Hydraulic processes in the surf zone

Coastal water level variations

Statistical analysis of waves

Wave hindcasting

Coastal sediment transport

Analysis and modelling of coastal geomorphology

Analysis and modelling of coastal hydrodynamics

Principles of coastal hydraulic design

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2019

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 understand and explain in detail hydraulic processes that operate in the coastal ocean
2 analyse and interpret causal relationships between coastal hydraulics and coastal landforms
3 analyse and interpret wave statistics to quantitatively describe past hydraulic behaviour of the coastal ocean and specify design wave characteristics
4 evaluate and apply appropriate modelling techniques to investigate complex interactions between ocean hydraulics, coastal landforms, and engineered structures
5 integrate technical knowledge with a detailed understanding of other contextual factors to derive and communicate appropriate solutions to coastal engineering design problems.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. understand and explain in detail hydraulic processes that operate in the coastal ocean
    • GA4:
  2. analyse and interpret causal relationships between coastal hydraulics and coastal landforms
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. analyse and interpret wave statistics to quantitatively describe past hydraulic behaviour of the coastal ocean and specify design wave characteristics
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. evaluate and apply appropriate modelling techniques to investigate complex interactions between ocean hydraulics, coastal landforms, and engineered structures
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. integrate technical knowledge with a detailed understanding of other contextual factors to derive and communicate appropriate solutions to coastal engineering design problems.
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4: