CVE 5721 - Hydraulic Design

• 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)

• None

• 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

• 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