Teaching in hydraulic engineering - Master's programmes

• Basics of planning and design
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Waves
  • Ice
• Planning and Design in Coastal Engineering
  • Functional and constructional design
  • Determination of design parameters
  • Design-approaches
    • Filter
    • Rubble mound constructions
    • Piles

Vertical constructions

Fundamentals of port construction

• Maritime transport
• Ships

Elements of seaports

• Port access and waterside port areas (access routes, entrances and harbour basins)
• Terminal design, cargo handling in seaports
• Quay walls and pier facilities
• Equipment in ports
• Locks and special structures

Connection to hinterland transport / inland waterway construction

Protection of seaports

• Jetties and breakwaters
• Wave protection for seaports

Fishing ports and other small ports

• Marinas

Teaching the basic processes involved in modelling currents and waves/seas in hydraulic engineering and coastal engineering. In addition, key aspects of modelling are identified and the common numerical models for simulating currents and seas are described.

Protection of sandy coasts

• Sediment transport
• Morphology
• Technical solutions for protecting sandy coasts
  • Construction towards the coast
  • Structures perpendicular to the coast
  • Other concepts
• Calculation approaches and numerical models

Flood protection

• Classification of structures/measures
• Dykes
• Dunes
• Foreshore structures
• Flood protection walls
• Drainage of the hinterland

Basics of hydrology:

• Hydrological cycle
• Data acquisition
• Data analyses and statistical assessment
• Statistics of extremes
• Regionalization methods for hydrological values
• Rainfall-run-off modelling on the basis of a unit hydrograph conceps
• Application of rainfall-run-off models on the basis of Kalypso-Hydrology which is an OpenSource Software Tool.

Introduction to numerical flow modelling

• Processes affecting tht flow
• Examples and applications of numerical models
• Procedure of numerical modelling
• Model concept

Basic equations of hydrodynamics

• Saint-Venant equations
• Euler Equations
• Navier-Stokes equations
• Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations
• Shallow water equations

Solving schemes

• Numerical discretization
• Solution algorithms
• Convergence

• Climate protection and climate adaptation
• Findings on climate change and its regional manifestations: general principles, climate modelling/climate models
• Effects of climate change on the components of the regional water cycle (climate science perspective)
• Fundamentals of the practical evaluation of climate data
• Consequences of the effects of climate change (engineering perspective)
• Measures for adaptation to climate change
• Evaluation, prioritisation and communication of measures
• Fundamentals of the practical evaluation of hydrometeorological and hydrological data

• Climate and Climate Change
• General Impacts of Climate Change on Wind Regime and Water Cycle
• Consequences of Climate Change for Coastal Processes
• Coastal Protection in Taiwan and Germany
• Fundamentals of Climate Adaptation
• Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Coastal Protection

Introduction to numerical flow modelling

• Processes affecting tht flow
• Examples and applications of numerical models
• Procedure of numerical modelling
• Model concept

Basic equations of hydrodynamics

• Saint-Venant equations
• Euler Equations
• Navier-Stokes equations
• Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations
• Shallow water equations

Solving schemes

• Numerical discretization
• Solution algorithms
• Convergence

Basics of hydrology:

• Hydrological cycle
• Data acquisition
• Data analyses and statistical assessment
• Statistics of extremes
• Regionalization methods for hydrological values
• Rainfall-run-off modelling on the basis of a unit hydrograph conceps
• Application of rainfall-run-off models on the basis of Kalypso-Hydrology which is an OpenSource Software Tool.

• Basics of planning and design
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Waves
  • Ice
• Planning and Design in Coastal Engineering
  • Functional and constructional design
  • Determination of design parameters
  • Design-approaches
    • Filter
    • Rubble mound constructions
    • Piles

Vertical constructions

• Climate protection and climate adaptation
• Findings on climate change and its regional manifestations: general principles, climate modelling/climate models
• Effects of climate change on the components of the regional water cycle (climate science perspective)
• Fundamentals of the practical evaluation of climate data
• Consequences of the effects of climate change (engineering perspective)
• Measures for adaptation to climate change
• Evaluation, prioritisation and communication of measures
• Fundamentals of the practical evaluation of hydrometeorological and hydrological data

Protection of sandy coasts

• Sediment transport
• Morphology
• Technical solutions for protecting sandy coasts
  • Construction towards the coast
  • Structures perpendicular to the coast
  • Other concepts
• Calculation approaches and numerical models

Flood protection

• Classification of structures/measures
• Dykes
• Dunes
• Foreshore structures
• Flood protection walls
• Drainage of the hinterland

• Climate and Climate Change
• General Impacts of Climate Change on Wind Regime and Water Cycle
• Consequences of Climate Change for Coastal Processes
• Coastal Protection in Taiwan and Germany
• Fundamentals of Climate Adaptation
• Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Coastal Protection

Introduction to numerical flow modelling

• Processes affecting tht flow
• Examples and applications of numerical models
• Procedure of numerical modelling
• Model concept

Basic equations of hydrodynamics

• Saint-Venant equations
• Euler Equations
• Navier-Stokes equations
• Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations
• Shallow water equations

Solving schemes

• Numerical discretization
• Solution algorithms
• Convergence

• Basics of planning and design
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Waves
  • Ice
• Planning and Design in Coastal Engineering
  • Functional and constructional design
  • Determination of design parameters
  • Design-approaches
    • Filter
    • Rubble mound constructions
    • Piles

Vertical constructions

Basics of hydrology:

• Hydrological cycle
• Data acquisition
• Data analyses and statistical assessment
• Statistics of extremes
• Regionalization methods for hydrological values
• Rainfall-run-off modelling on the basis of a unit hydrograph conceps
• Application of rainfall-run-off models on the basis of Kalypso-Hydrology which is an OpenSource Software Tool.

Protection of sandy coasts

• Sediment transport
• Morphology
• Technical solutions for protecting sandy coasts
  • Construction towards the coast
  • Structures perpendicular to the coast
  • Other concepts
• Calculation approaches and numerical models

Flood protection

• Classification of structures/measures
• Dykes
• Dunes
• Foreshore structures
• Flood protection walls
• Drainage of the hinterland

• Climate protection and climate adaptation
• Findings on climate change and its regional manifestations: general principles, climate modelling/climate models
• Effects of climate change on the components of the regional water cycle (climate science perspective)
• Fundamentals of the practical evaluation of climate data
• Consequences of the effects of climate change (engineering perspective)
• Measures for adaptation to climate change
• Evaluation, prioritisation and communication of measures
• Fundamentals of the practical evaluation of hydrometeorological and hydrological data

• Climate and Climate Change
• General Impacts of Climate Change on Wind Regime and Water Cycle
• Consequences of Climate Change for Coastal Processes
• Coastal Protection in Taiwan and Germany
• Fundamentals of Climate Adaptation
• Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Coastal Protection

Fluid properties, hydrostatics, fluid kinematics, conservation equations (mass, energy and momentum), pipe flow, boundary layer theory for laminar and turbulent flow, viscous flow (friction forces), coalescent flow, flow in compact and natural cross-sections, friction losses

Basics of hydrology:

• Hydrological cycle
• Data acquisition
• Data analyses and statistical assessment
• Statistics of extremes
• Regionalization methods for hydrological values
• Rainfall-run-off modelling on the basis of a unit hydrograph conceps
• Application of rainfall-run-off models on the basis of Kalypso-Hydrology which is an OpenSource Software Tool.

Introduction to numerical flow modelling

• Processes affecting tht flow
• Examples and applications of numerical models
• Procedure of numerical modelling
• Model concept

Basic equations of hydrodynamics

• Saint-Venant equations
• Euler Equations
• Navier-Stokes equations
• Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations
• Shallow water equations

Solving schemes

• Numerical discretization
• Solution algorithms
• Convergence

• Basics of planning and design
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Waves
  • Ice
• Planning and Design in Coastal Engineering
  • Functional and constructional design
  • Determination of design parameters
  • Design-approaches
    • Filter
    • Rubble mound constructions
    • Piles

Vertical constructions

Protection of sandy coasts

• Sediment transport
• Morphology
• Technical solutions for protecting sandy coasts
  • Construction towards the coast
  • Structures perpendicular to the coast
  • Other concepts
• Calculation approaches and numerical models

Flood protection

• Classification of structures/measures
• Dykes
• Dunes
• Foreshore structures
• Flood protection walls
• Drainage of the hinterland

• Basics of planning and design
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Waves
  • Ice
• Planning and Design in Coastal Engineering
  • Functional and constructional design
  • Determination of design parameters
  • Design-approaches
    • Filter
    • Rubble mound constructions
    • Piles

Vertical constructions

Protection of sandy coasts

• Sediment transport
• Morphology
• Technical solutions for protecting sandy coasts
  • Construction towards the coast
  • Structures perpendicular to the coast
  • Other concepts
• Calculation approaches and numerical models

Flood protection

• Classification of structures/measures
• Dykes
• Dunes
• Foreshore structures
• Flood protection walls
• Drainage of the hinterland

• Basics of planning and design
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Waves
  • Ice
• Planning and Design in Coastal Engineering
  • Functional and constructional design
  • Determination of design parameters
  • Design-approaches
    • Filter
    • Rubble mound constructions
    • Piles

Vertical constructions

Protection of sandy coasts

• Sediment transport
• Morphology
• Technical solutions for protecting sandy coasts
  • Construction towards the coast
  • Structures perpendicular to the coast
  • Other concepts
• Calculation approaches and numerical models

Flood protection

• Classification of structures/measures
• Dykes
• Dunes
• Foreshore structures
• Flood protection walls
• Drainage of the hinterland