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421-469 Hydraulic Engineering

Credit points: 6.00

Contact: 9 hours of lectures, 12 hours design and 5 hours of tutorials/practical work

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course the student should appreciate the application of hydraulics and fluid mechanics to a number of areas of hydraulic engineering, including water supply and waste water systems, drainage, environmental hydraulics, flood routing and mitigation.

Content:

Steady and unsteady open channel flow hydraulics; hydrologic flood routing in rivers and reservoirs; environmental hydraulics; coastal protection; urban water supply distribution; water hammer and surge protection in pipe systems.

Assessment:

A two-hour examination; reports and assignments up to a total of 30 pages.

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