421-305 Engineering Hydraulics 1

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

421-103 Engineering Statics and Materials (1999).

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

At the conclusion of this subject students will have acquired an appreciation of problems involving fluids at rest and in motion and have developed a sound understanding of engineering hydraulics as applied to civil and environmental engineering suituations.

Topics covered include: Fluid statics and kinematics of fluid motion; Bernoulli's equation, control volume approach to flow analysis (involving the conservation equations of mass, energy and momentum); dynamic similitude, dimensional analysis and physical scale modelling. Flow in pipes and methods of measuring pipe flow; flow forces on structures; flow through porous media; steady-uniform open channel flow; measurement of discharge in open channel flow using weirs, flumes and electronic techniques.

Assessment

One written examination not exceeding three hours (85%) and assignments relating to course work and labortaory classes (15%).