Search result: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2020
Environmental Engineering Bachelor  | ||||||
 6. Semester | ||||||
| Elective Blocks | ||||||
| Elective Block: Civil Engineering | ||||||
| Number | Title | Type | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101-0206-00L | Hydraulic Engineering | W | 5 credits | 4G | R. Boes | |
| Abstract | Hydraulic systems, schemes and structures (e.g. dams, intakes, conduits, pipes, open channels, weirs, powerhouses, locks), fundamentals in river engineering and natural hazards | |||||
| Objective | Knowledge of hydraulic systems and their main hydraulic components and structures; competence in planning and design of hydraulic structures with regard to serviceability, reliability and cost-effectiveness | |||||
| Content | Hydraulic systems: High-head storage power plants and low-head run-of-river power plants. Weirs: weir and gate types, hydraulic design. Intakes: intake types, desilting facilities and sand traps. Channels: design, open and closed channels. Closed conduits: linings, hydraulic design of pressure tunnels and shafts. Dams and reservoirs: dam types, appurtenant structures River engineering: flow computation, sediment transport, engineering and environmental measures. Natural hazards: types, basics of countermeasures Inland navigation: channels and locks. Exercises in written form, exercises in hydraulic and computer laboratory. Field trip. | |||||
| Lecture notes | Comprehensive script "Hydraulic structures" in German. | |||||
| Literature | literature references are given at the end of each chapter of the script. Recommended books: see course description in German | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | strongly recommended: basic knowledge in hydraulics (fluid mechanics) | |||||
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