Course Structure & Syllabus

M.Tech Credits Summary
Semester I II III IV Total Credits
Core Courses 1212--24
Elective Courses 1812--30
Institute Electives -6--6
Laboratories 4---4
Seminar -4--4
R&D Project ----0
Communication skills 6*---6
Course Total 34+6*340068+6*
Project --484290
Total Credits 34+6*344842158+6*
Semester-wise Course Outline
Sem Course Name L-T-P Credits Type
I CE-680 Mechanics of Water Waves 3-0-06Core
CE-769 Coastal and Ocean Environment 3-0-06Core
Elective I -6Elective
Elective II -6Elective
Elective III -6Elective
CE-706 Ocean Engineering Lab 0-0-44Core
CE-899 Communication skills 1-2-06*Core
Semester total credits 34+6*
II CE-708 Offshore Engineering 3-0-06Core
CE-707 Coastal, Port and Harbour Engineering 3-0-06Core
Elective IV -6Elective
Elective V -6Elective
Institute elective -6Elective
CE-694 Credit Seminar -4Core
Semester total 34
III CE-797 Dissertation I Stage -48Core
IV CE-798 Dissertation II Stage -42Core
Program total credits 158+6
List of M. Tech (Ocean Engineering) Electives
# Course Code & Name # Course Code & Name
1CE-602 Design of Offshore Structures 11CE-667 Hydraulic Structures
2CE-603 Numerical Methods 12CE-687 Offshore Construction
3CE-605 Applied Statistics 13CE-701 Remote Sensing Technology
4CE-607 Numerical Techniques in Hydraulic Engineering 14CE-712 Digital Image Processing of Remotely Sensed Data
5CE-613 Concrete Technology 15CE-731 Mechanics of Fluid Flow
6CE-616 Structural Dynamics 16CE-764 Hydro-informatics
7CE-620 Finite Element Methods 17CE-765 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
8CE-622 Reliability based Civil Engineering 18CE-767 Hazard Mitigation Management
9CE-625 Analysis of Offshore Structures 19CE-770 Ocean Renewable Energy
10CE-633 Soil Structure Interaction 20CE-781 Advanced Foundation Engineering
DETAILS OF COURSES OFFERED BY OCEAN ENGINEERING GROUP
Course Syllabus Description References
CE 602
DESIGN OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURE
Materials and their behaviour under static and dynamic loads, allowable stresses, various design methods and codes, design consideration, design loads, design of decking of template type steel structures, design of supporting legs, design of braces. Corrosion and other allowances, consideration of stress concentration, design of concrete platforms, Ingredient materials and protective measure, design of raft foundation, design of slide walls, design of decking of composite structures.
  1. Rules for the design, construction and inspection of fixed offshore structures, 1977. Defnorske Veritas
  2. Energy Department, U.K., Guidance of Design and Construction of Offshore Installation, 1974.
  3. American Petroleum Institute, API RP-2A, Recommended Practice for Planning, Designing and Constructing Fixed Offshore Platforms, 1974.
  4. Offshore Technology Conference Volumes.
  5. O.C. Zienkiewicz, R., Wlewis and K.G. Stagg, Numerical Methods in Offshore Engineering, Wiley Interscience Publication, 1978.
CE 625
ANALYSIS OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES
Loads and structural forms of different types of offshore structures; Elements of single d.o.f. system subjected to free and forced vibrations; Analysis for transient and steady state force; Equivalent damping for nonlinear systems; Dynamics of multi d.o.f. systems, Eigen values and vectors; Iterative and transformation methods; Mode superposition, Fourier series mand spectral method of response of single d.o.f. systems; Vibration of bars, beams and cones with reference to soil as half space; Behaviour of concrete gravity platform as a rigid body on soil as a continuum; Short and long term statistics of wind; static wind load; effect of size, shape and frequency; Aerodynamic admittance function and gust factor, spectral response due to wind for various types of structures; Wave loads by Morison"s equation; Static and dynamic analysis of fixed equation; Static and dynamic analysis of fixed structures; Use of approximate methods.
  1. Brebbia C.A. and Walker, "Dynamic Analysis of offshore structures", Newness butterworth, London, 1978.
  2. Sarpakaya T. and Isaacson M., "Mechanics of Wave Forces on Offshore Structures", Van Nostrand Rainhold, NewYork, 1981.
  3. Hallam M.G., Heaf N.J. and Wootton, L.R., "Dynamics of Marine Structures", CIRIA Publicartions, Underwater Engg. Group, London, 1978.
  4. Graff W.J., "Introduction to Offshore Structures", Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, Texas, 1981.
  5. Clough R.W. and Penzien J., "Dynamics of Structures", IInd Edition, McGraw hill, 1992.
  6. Simiu E. and Scanlan R.H., "wind effects on Structures", Wiley, New York, 1978.
  7. Codes of Practices (latest versions) such as API R-2A, bureau Veritas etc.
CE 680
MECHANICS OF WATER WAVES
Introduction to wave phenomena. Wave classification, measurement, generation, forecasting. Wave theories: linear, non-linear. Wave spectrum: basic concepts, analysis and derivation. Statistical analysis of waves: short and long term. Propagation in shallow water-refraction, diffraction, reflection, breaking, current effects. Wave effects like, run-up, overtopping and transmission. Littoral transport under wave action.
  1. T. Sarpkaya and M. Issacsson, Mechanics of Wave Induced Forces on Offshore Structures, Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, UK, 1981.
  2. Shore Protection Manual, US Army Corps of Engineers, CERC, Washington, D.C., USA, 1984.
  3. R. L. Wiegel, Oceanographical Engineering, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
CE 687
OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION
Offshore environment: operational aspects of waves, currents, tides, wind. Structural material: types and properties of steel, concrete and synthetics. Construction equipments: specialized barges and OSVs. Common operations: surveying, diving, crew transfer, etc. Installation: Pile supported, gravity and complaint structures. Repair and maintenance: structures and pipelines. Rehabilitation: strengthening and salvage. Specialized constructions: OTEC, wave power devices, channel, etc.
  1. B. C. Gerwick, Construction of Offshore Structures, John Wiley and Sons, London, UK, 2000.
  2. J. B. Herbich, Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Gulf Pub., Houston, USA, 1990.
  3. B. McClleland and M. D. Reifel, Planning and Design of Fixed Offshore Platforms, Van Nostrnad Reinhold, London, UK, 1986.
CE 706
OCEAN ENGINEERING LABORATORY
Wave flume experiments to study propagation, refraction, reflection, diffraction, wave forces. Hydraulic modeling for ports, harbours. Numerical modeling of waves, tides, currents, fluid-structure interaction.
  1. Steven A. Hughes. 1995. Physical models and laboratory techniques in coastal engineering, Advanced series on Ocean Engineering-Vol. 7, World Scientific, Singapore.
  2. Robert A. Darlymple. 1985. Physical modelling incoastal engineering, A.A.Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  3. Charles L. Mader. 2004. Numerical modeling ofwater waves, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
  4. Subrata K. Chakrabarti. 1994. Offshore StructureModeling, Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering-Vol. 9, World Scientific.
CE 707
COASTAL, PORT AND HARBOR ENGINEERING
Coastal protection works, Port and harbors planning, design and construction aspects; harbor layout, model studies: physical and numerical breakwaters, wharf, jetty, mooring and dolphins, dry docks, shipyards, dredging, CRZ and guidelines, navigation, shipping: ship stability (static and dynamic); submarine pipelines: forces, laying, stresses, buckling; equipment.
  1. Coastal Engineering Manual (CEM). 2011. US Army Coastal Engineering Research Centre, Vicksburg, USA.
  2. Robert M. Sorenen. 2006. Basic coastal engineering, Springer, USA.
  3. John W. Gaythwaite. 2004. Design of Marine Facilities for the Berthing, Mooring, and Repair of Vessels, Amer Society of Civil Engineers.
  4. John B. Herbich and Charles L. Bretschneider.1992. Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Gulf publishing Company.
  5. Per Brunn. 1989. Port engineering, Vol. 1, 2 and 3, Gulf Publishing Company.
CE 708
OFFSHORE ENGINEERING
Types of offshore structures, planning and design aspects, wave loads regular and random, loads due to wind, tides and currents. Operational environment, equipments, materials and corrosion, repairs and maintenance, installation, common operations.
  1. Subrata K. Chakrabarti. 2003. Hydrodynamics offshore structures, WIT press.
  2. Yashimi Goda. 2010. Random seas and design of marine structures, World Scientific.
  3. Tugut S. Sarpkaya. 2010. Wave Forces on Offshore Structures, Cambridge University Press.
  4. Ben C. Gerwick. 2000. Construction of marine and offshore structures, CRC Press.
  5. Minoo H. Patel. 1989. Dynamics of offshore structures, Buttersworth.
CE 769
COASTAL AND OCEAN ENVIRONMENT
Sea bed morphology; Wave mechanics generation, forecasting, wave theories, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, breaking; Tidal propagation in estuaries; Coastal currents; Littoral processes; Sediment transport; Shore protection measures; Planning and operation of harbor, coastal and offshore structures.
  1. Gaythwaite, J., The Marine Environment and Structural Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1981.
  2. Herbich, J.B., Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Gulf publishing Co., 1990.
  3. Shore Protection Manual, US Army Coastal Engineering Research Centre, Vicksberg, USA. 1984.
  4. Gerwick, B.C., Construction of Offshore Structures, Wiley, New York, 1986.
CE 770
OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
Introduction to Physical Oceanography, Ocean Processes: Waves, Tides, Currents. Need for Renewable Energy, Ocean Thermal Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream Energy, Salinity Gradients, Ocean-Structure Interactions; Resource Assessment, Power Take-off, Wave Energy Devices, Tidal Energy Devices, Stream Energy Devices, Offshore Wind Energy and Devices, Environmental and Social Impacts.
  1. G. Boyle, Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, Oxford University Press, 2012.
  2. J. Cruz, Ocean Wave Energy: Current Status and Future Perspectives, Springer, 2008.
  3. J. Falnes, Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  4. R. Bhattacharyya and M.E. McCormick, Wave Energy Conversion, Elsevier Ocean Engineering Book Series Volume 6, 2005.
  5. R.H. Charlier and C.W. Finkl, Ocean Energy: Tide and Tidal Power, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
  6. R.M. Sorensen, Basic Coastal Engineering (3rd edition), Springer, 2006.