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CVE 5721 - Hydraulic Design

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
In this course, students build upon material introduced in CVE 3701 - Principles of Water Resources Engineering with a focus on design of systems with complex open-channel and closed-channel hydraulics. Upon completion of this course, the student will be prepared for hydraulics portions of the Principles and Practice of Engineering Civil Breadth and Water Resources and Environmental Depth Exam. (prereq: CVE 3701) (quarter system prereq: CV 310)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Open Channel Hydraulics:
    • Compute flow profiles in open channels under uniform and gradually varied conditions using both the direct and standard-step methods
    • Design culverts, underflow gates, overflow gates, flow measurement flumes, and spillways to regulate flow or pass a design discharge
    • Apply physical model similitude principles in open channel situations
    • Analyze unsteady flow in open channels including determining the impact of a dam-break
    • Design new or replacement hydraulic structures in rivers in a manner that minimizes their impact on flood stage.
    • Assess the impact of scour on bridge structures
    • Design channels to minimize scour and energy dissipation structures
    • Utilize the HEC-RAS computer program to assist in all the above outcomes
  • Closed-Conduit Hydraulics
    • Apply Reynolds Transport theorem
    • Apply dimensional analysis and Buckingham Pi theorem to establish similarity
    • Calculate a system curve for a system with complex combinations of fittings and pipe
    • Compute hydraulic transient pressures in a force main
    • Design surge attenuation to control hydraulic transients
    • Design thrust restraints due to forces caused by changes in pressure and momentum at fittings
    • Design a pump station with multiple variable-speed pumps and force main to achieve a desired performance (functional design)

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Open-channel steady flow including sketching, identifying, and calculating gradually varied water surface profiles using direct and standard step methods
  • Underflow and overflow gates, flow measurement flumes, and spillways
  • Flow through culverts
  • Unsteady flow including dam break analysis
  • Design of structures in waterways to minimize impact on flood stage
  • Scour of channels, bridge piers and abutments
  • Analysis and design of open channel systems using HEC-RAS
  • Pump station analysis and design including development of system curves, variable speed pumping, and multiple pumps
  • Analysis and control of hydraulic transients
  • Momentum and thrust restraint at fittings

Laboratory Topics
  • Physical model similitude and scale-physical models
  • Identification and creation of water surface profiles
  • Flow through culverts
  • Flow through underflow and overflow gates and flumes
  • Physical modeling of a dam outlet structure
  • Unsteady open-channel flow
  • Control of hydraulic transients
  • Thrust and restraint requirements

Coordinator
Dr. William Gonwa, P.E.



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