Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
AR30338 Civil engineering hydraulics (thin sandwich students) |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Honours |
| Semester: 1 |
| Assessment: EX60CW40 |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take AR20320 |
|
Aims: To give students a knowledge and understanding of channel flow as applied to civil engineering structures; water engineering applied to coastal, estuary and river engineering; public health engineering related to water supply, drainage and treatment.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course, the student should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: * design of a range of open channel hydraulic structures. * factors and relationships affecting groundwater, including replenishment, contamination and extraction. * the main factors affecting the design of civil engineering works on coasts. * the application of open-channel hydraulics to river and canal engineering. * factors influencing the design of hydro-electric and tidal power schemes. * the main elements of water supply, sewage disposal, and surface water drainage systems. Skills: Intellectual skills * Ability to apply the concepts and principles of fluid mechanics to the solution of engineering problems. * To understand taught material and design issues and constraints Professional/Practical skills * To deal with civil engineering hydraulic issues in a systematic yet creative way, and to communicate the conclusions clearly. Transferable/key skills * Ability to collect, analyse, synthesise and present technical information. To demonstrate communication and team working skills. Content: Open Channel Flow and River Engineering: normal flow, critical flow, Froude number, surges, hydraulic jump, rapidly varied flow, gradually varied flow, backwater curve and surface profiles, optimum cross-section, hydraulic structures, river modelling. Hydrology: hydrological cycle, meteorology, groundwater, surface run-off, analysis and forecasting. Coastal Engineering: waves, tides, shallow-water processes, sediment transport, defences and protection, coastal structures. Public Health Engineering Water Supply: sources of water, purity, hardness, water consumption, methods of treatment; corrosion, sludge, micro-organism control in water systems, supply networks; supply installations, estimation of demand, flow velocities and pipe sizing, simultaneous demand. Drainage: foul and surface water drainage; materials and components; sizing and design; sewage lifting/pumping. Sewage disposal: water cycle, rainfall, run off, soakaways, sewerage systems, chemical and biological methods of treatment, small plants; problems with various effluents, septic tanks, disposal to rivers or sea outfalls. Environmental risk assessment, pollution. |