Class: MW 1000-1130 Ocean Engineering Lab 204

Instructor: Dr. James T. Kirby
Ocean Engineering Laboratory 205
831-2438
kirby@udel.edu

Required Text: Dean, R. G. and Dalrymple, R. A., Water Wave Mechanics for Engineers and Scientists

• Introduction and review of governing equations.
  • Scaling the boundary value problem for water waves.
  • Inviscid irrotational flow.
  • Linearized, free surface motion.
• The basic linear wave in constant depth.
  • One horizontal dimension.
  • Solutions by superposition.
  • Wavemaker theory
  • Helmholtz equation and BVP for bounded domains.
  • Corrections for bottom friction and percolation.
• Waves in slowly varying domains.
  • Mild slope equation for slowly varying depth.
  • Refraction, shoaling.
  • Modern modeling approaches.
• Long wave theory.
• Diffraction by structures and sudden depth changes.

Grading: The semester grade will be based on three elements:

• Assigned homeworks.
• Midterm and final exams.
• Group or individual research efforts.