NGEA09056U Numerical modelling in the fluvial, coastal, estuarine and marine environment

Volume 2013/2014
Education
MSc Programme in Geography and Geoinformatics
MSc Programme in Geology and Geoscience
Content

 

Using practical PC-based exercises, this course aims to provide students with a theoretical knowledge on detailed hydrodynamic and geomorphic processes related to the transport of sediment in fluvial, estuarine and coastal environments. The course consists of two main parts: 1) Calculation and numerical modelling of water flow, sediment transport and morphological change in fluvial and estuarine environments using the DHI-MIKE 11 model complex; 2) Calculation and numerical modeling of hydrodynamics, non-cohesive sediment transport, shoreline erosion and cross-shore profile development in wave-dominated coastal environments, using the DHI-LITPACK model complex. 

Learning Outcome
Knowledge:

Waves and currents in coastal environments, wave theories, currents and discharge in rivers and estuaries, sediment dynamics and sediment transport in coastal, fluvial and estuarine environments, relationship between sediment transport gradients and morphological change.

Skills:

  • use numerical modelling to simulate hydrodynamics and sediment transport using the DHI modelling tools MIKE11 and LITPACK.
  • delimit, prepare and accomplish solutions of fluvial and tidal problem complexes using MIKE11
  • account for the principles behind nearshore wave transformation and ability to calculate those transformations using MATLAB
  • acount for nearshore processes derived from wave transformations
  • delimit, prepare and accomplish solutions of coastal and marine problem complexes using LITPACK
  • use other models within the DHI model complex such as MIKE FLOOD and MIKE21

Competences:

Analyse, assess and apply results, methods, theory and data in connection with numerical modelling in the fluvial, coastal, estuarine and marine environment

Please see Absalon course page
BSc in Geography and Geoinformatics or equivalent
BSc in Geology-Geoscience or equivalent
The form of teaching and work will be class teaching with active participation of students by means of student presentations and group-work.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Preparation
  • 136
  • Project work
  • 35
  • Theory exercises
  • 35
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Oral examination, 20 minutes
Written assignment
The written assignment is prepared during the course and must be handed in prior to the exam week. The oral exam uses the written assignment as its point of departure. It includes the titles listed in the officially approved reading list.
Aid
Without aids
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Several internal examiners
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see learning outcomes