Course
| code | CB281 |
| credit_hours | 3 |
| title | Hydraulics for Civil Engineers |
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| prequisites | BA114 |
| credit hours | 3 |
| Description/Outcomes | Properties of fluids and flow continuum ? hydrostatics - hydrodynamic applications - flow kinematic properties and forces - flow conservation equations - continuity equation - momentum principle - energy equations - flow measurements - flow in closed/open conduits - flow in pipeline systems - pipes in series - pipes in parallel - pipeline network and pump stations - features of hydraulic analyses for the design of civil engineering projects in rivers - lakes and coastal zone. |
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| objectives | To provide the student with the basic concepts and methods of analysis of hydraulics and its applications in the sustainable design of civil engineering projects. |
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| ref. books | Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Munson, B., Young, D. and Okiishi, T. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersy, Latest Edition.rnCivil Engineering Hydraulics by Nalluri, C. and Featherstone, R. Publisher: Blackwell Science, MA, USA, Latest Edition.rnComputer Applications in Hydraulic Engineering-connecting theory to practice by Walski, M.T. (Ed) Publisher: Haestad Press, Waterbury, CT, U.S.A, Latest Edition.rn |
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| textbook | Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering by Chadwick, A. and Morfett, J. Publisher: E&FN SPON, London and New York, Latest Edition. |
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| objective set | combined |
| content set | combined |
Course Content
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Description |
| 1 |
Week No.1: Introduction to hydraulic aspects in civil engineering projects and its ecosystem environment.
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| 2 |
Week No.2: Properties of fluid(s), sediment-laden liquids and units.
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| 3 |
Week No.3: Behavior of real fluid flow.
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| 4 |
Week No.4: Hydrostatics and fluid forces.
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| 5 |
Week No.5: Hydrostatics and fluid forces, continued.
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| 6 |
Week No.6: Flow conservative equations Mass, Momentum and Energy Equations.
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| 7 |
Week No.7: Application of flow conservative equations.
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| 8 |
Week No.8: Application of flow conservative equations, continued.
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| 9 |
Week No.9: Flow in single pipes.
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Week No.10: Flow in pipe systems.
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| 11 |
Week No.11: Pumps (in parallel and in series).
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Week No.12: Pump-pipeline system analysis.
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Week No.13: Free surface flow in open channels and flow types.
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Week No.14: Introduction to basic design of uniform channel surface flow.
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Week No.15: Introduction to main physical parameters of Ecosystems.
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Week No.16: Final Exam.
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