CVE 421

Hydraulics

Uniform flow in open channels: open channel, uniform flow, hydraulic mean depth, hydraulic gradient, broad-crested weir and venturi flume, force equation, best hydraulic section.  Non-uniform flow in open channels: energy equation for open streams, specific energy, critical velocity and critical depth, hydraulic jump, backwater curves. Hydraulic structures: culverts, Dams, Dykes/Levees, Weirs, Docks and Harbours, spillways, stilling basins, siphons, manholes and coastal structures.  Water power Engineering: Introduction, unsteady flow; Discharge under varying heads, water hammer, surge chamber, Hydraulic model rules, purpose of models, laws of similitude, types of models and practical model scales.  Sediment transport formulae.

Course Code
CVE 421
Department
Civil Engineering
Campus
Sumas University
Level
400 Level, Undergraduate
Instructor
Sumas University Lecturer
Semester
Second Semester
Credit
2 Units
Method
Lecture