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57345 Wave Hydrodynamics
Danish title: Bølgehydrodynamik
Language: English Credit points: 5
Type: Ph.D.-level, Open University
Language: English

Previous course: C5745
No credit points with: C5745
Prerequisite: 57105
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Scope and form: Lectures and exercise lessons
Examination: Written exam (13-scale)
Remarks: The course is a recommended prerequisite for 57249 Hydraulic Engineering and 57221 Computational Hydro.
Contact person: Rolf Deigaard, Building 115, Tel. +45 4525 1422, email rd@isva.dtu.dk

Department: Department of Hydrodynamics and Water Resources
Aim: a) To become acquainted with a number of advanced methods in water wave hydrodynamics.
b) To utilize these for the calculations of wave heights, lengths and directions, as well as water levels and motions in the sea and in nearshore regions.
Contents: Depth refraction, energy losses in waves, superposition, reflection, interaction between waves and currents, diffraction, mathematical and numerical modelling of steep waves.