Class: T,Th 9300-1100 Ocean Engineering Lab 204

Instructor: Dr. James T. Kirby
Ocean Engineering Laboratory 205
831-2438
kirby@coastal.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.
• The basic linear wave in one dimension.
• Solutions by superposition.
• Wavemaker theory
• Helmholtz equation and BVP for bounded domains.
• Mild slope equation for slowly varying depth.
• Refraction, diffraction, shoaling.
• Long wave theory.

Grading: The semester grade will be based on assigned homeworks together with take-home midterm and final exams.