Postgraduate Course: Gaps and Compromises: Learning from Recent Projects and Schemes (IDCORE) (PGEE11089)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Placement |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will be hosted at HR Wallingford and will give industrial context and focus to courses taught earlier in the year by the universities. The course will: increase understanding of waves &flows, coastal morphology, and structural design, with general lessons from offshore, coastal and harbour engineering; explore wider effects of offshore and near-shore renewable schemes on the coastal environment,identifying modelling required of those effects, and their contributions to EIAs; be familiar with setting-up and using world-leading open source modelling codes (TELEMAC +TOMAWAC or SWAN) to model flow / wave transformations inoffshore / nearshore areas; demonstrate practical aspects of scheme design, boundary conditions, and practical & economic constraints; identify construction methods and plant; explore operational constraints and demonstrate use of planning & forecasting tools; illustrate use of design methods, manuals and codes, highlighting typical inconsistencies. The course will be delivered in 6 main parts:
A Outline of offshore / nearshore renewable schemes;
B Metocean and modelling
C Maritime engineering
D Wave forces on walls and piles
E Environmental assessments
F Scour prediction and protection
The course will be assessed by one item of course work completed during the Summer School and two further assignments completed within 3 weeks (tbc) of the end of the Summer School.Course notes and/or guidance manuals will be issued for each course part, supplemented where appropriate by example case study data sheets. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
20/04/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
¿ Increase understanding of waves / flows, coastal morphology, and structural design, with general lessons from offshore, coastal and harbour engineering;
¿ Become familiar with setting up and using open source modelling codes to solve practical problems;
¿ Explore wider effects of offshore / nearshore renewable schemes on the coastal / nearshore environment, identify modelling required, and contributions to EIAs;
¿ Demonstrate practical aspects of scheme design, boundary conditions, and practical / economic constraints;
¿ Explore operational constraints and use of planning /forecasting tools;
¿ Demonstrate use of design manuals and codes, highlighting typical inconsistencies between different design methods /manuals / codes;
¿ Develop project management skills, extend and test team working skills;
¿ Use, test and improve presentation skills and report writing. |
Assessment Information
Coursework (100%)
Team metocean and modelling (Part B) assignment set and to be returned whilst at Wallingford. This exercise will be run in teams (probably 2-3 students) and is expected to take around 1.5 day effort. (40%)
2× individual coursework assignments (2× 30%) to be chosen from four topics (one each from Parts C, D, E and F) given to the students at the end of the summer school and to be submitted within 3 weeks of the end of the summer school. Each assignment to take ~ 1-1.5 day effort. |
Special Arrangements
| Course will be taught at HR Wallingford (OX10 8BA) with accommodation provided in Oxford and 2 x weekly bus passes between Oxford and Wallingford |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Part Content Duration / Tutor (days)
A1 Course outline and introduction 0.25 WA / NPT
A2 Case studies and site selection 0.25 TTC
B1 Metocean & modelling introduction 0.25 NPT
B2 Flow modelling and use of TELEMAC 1.25 SB
B3 Waves, use of TOMAWAC / SWAN 1.25 NPT
B4 Modelling exercises 0.25 NPT / SB
C Maritime engineering 1.0 TTC / PDH
D Wave forces on walls and piles 1.0 WA / GC
E Environmental assessments 1.5 NC / TW
F Scour prediction and protection 1.5 RW / JH
G Tutorial and assignments 0.5 WA / NPT |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Relevant codes/standards will be advised approximately 3 months before the Summer School |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
2 week intensive block taught |
| Keywords | Offshore Renewable Energy, Professional Doctorate, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Ingram
Tel: (0131 6)51 9022
Email: David.Ingram@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Ksenia Siedlecka
Tel: (0131 6)51 9023
Email: ksenia.siedlecka@ed.ac.uk |
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