Programme Block 2b

Modelling of sediment transport and bed dynamics in Delft3D


Wednesday


Theme: Waves

8:30

9:00

Registration, personal presentation/background, practical issues

9:00

10:00

Lectures: General introduction; Wave prediction in coastal areas; Type of wave models; SWAN wave module of Delft3D

10:00

10:15

Break

10:15

11:30

Lectures: Wave example; Tidal inlet Bornrif;
Setting-up a wave computation for the Bornrif tidal inlet

11:30

12:30

Exercise: Tutorial Siu-Lam, Hong Kong

12:30

13:15

Lunch

13:15

14:00

Exercise: Wave growth

14:00

14:15

Review of exercise; Post-processing

14:15

15:00

Exercise: Bornrif-model: waves

15:00

15:30

Break

15:30

15:45

Review of exercise; Lectures: Wave-current interaction

15:45

16:30

Exercise: Bornrif model: waves and currents

16:30

16:45

Review of exercise

16:45

17:00

Review and closure of the day


Thursday


Theme: Sediment transport and bed-level update

8:45

9:00

Review of the previous day

9:00

9:30

Lecture: Welcome and short introduction

9:30

9:45

Lecture: Sediment transport in Delft3D

9:45

10:00

Lecture: Non-cohesive sediment transport

10:00

10:30

Exercise 1a: Tutorial Rousse profile

10:30

10:45

Break

10:45

11:00

Evaluation: Discussion of exercise 1a

11:00

11:15

Lecture: Cohesive sediment transport

11:15

11:30

Lecture: Morphological updating

11:30

11:45

Lecture: Explanation of the GUI

11:45

12:00

Exercise 1b: Sand and mud fraction

12:00

12:15

Exercise 1c: Trench migration

12:15

12:30

Evaluation: Discussion of exercises 1b and 1c

12:30

13:30

Lunch

13:30

14:00

Lecture: Validation tests

14:00

14:30

Exercise 2a: Run Western Scheldt model with sediment transport

14:30

15:00

Exercise 2b: Run Western Scheldt model with morphology

15:00

15:15

Evaluation: Discussion of exercises 2a and 2b

15:15

15:30

Break

15:30

15:45

Lecture: Criteria model setup and boundary conditons

15:45

16:30

Exercise 2c: Run Western Scheldt model with variations

16:30

16:45

Evaluation: Discusison of exercise 2c

16:45

17:00

Review and closure of the day


Friday


Theme: Morphodynamic simulations (incl. waves)

8:30

9:00

Evaluation of the previous day

9:00

9:30

Lecture: Sediment transport with currents and waves

9:30

10:30

Exercise 3a: Add waves to morpholigical Western Scheldt model

10:30

10:45

Break

10:45

11:00

Lecture: Use of wavecon file

11:00

12:00

Exercise 3b: Run with wavecon file

12:00

12:30

Evaluation: Discussion of exercises 3a and 3b

12:30

13:30

Lunch

13:30

15:00

Exercise 4: Construction of harbour

15:00

15:15

Break

15:15

15:30

Lecture: Advanced Delft3D course and examples of Deltares projects

15:30

16:45

Exercise 4 (continued)

16:45

17:00

Review of the day and evaluation of the course

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