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 421-423 River Hydraulics

Credit Points

6.25

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Prof G Hutchinson

Prerequisites

421-316 Engineering Hydraulics 2

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

24 hours of lectures and practice classes

Subject Description

At the conclusion of this unit, students should be able to describe the nature of steamflow, fluvial processes and fluvial morphology and understand management issues relating to rivers and flood plains.

Topics covered include streamflow measurement and characteristics, water surface modelling in irregular channels, river channel morphology, fluvial processes, initiation of sediment motion, sediment transport, channel stability, and modelling of river channel changes.

Assessment

One 2-hour written examination (85%). An assignment up to 1000 words or equivalent (15%).

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