Civil Engineering Hydraulics - 2019 entry

Hydraulic engineering is concerned with the flow and transportations of fluids, and hydraulic systems use the force of liquids to transmit power. This module gives you the understanding you need to analyse and modify existing hydraulic systems and design new systems to British Standards.
 

You will learn about the dynamic behavior of water in structures and devices used to control the flow of water. These include pipelines, tunnels, pumps, turbines, valves, open channels, dams, spillways, gates and weirs. Furthermore, you will learn about models used to describe water behavior and the theory behind those models. Finally, you will gain a full understanding of analytical and experimental tools for designing and checking hydraulic systems and structures.

Prerequisite module: ECM2113 or equivalent

The aim of this module is to familiarise you with the topics in hydraulics that are essential for any civil engineering graduate at MEng level, and to develop a good analytical understanding in these areas. It is also designed to develop your abilities to analyse and modify existing hydraulic systems and to design new systems.

This is a constituent module of one or more degree programmes which are accredited by a professional engineering institution under licence from the Engineering Council. The learning outcomes for this module have been mapped to the output standards required for an accredited programme, as listed in the current version of the Engineering Council’s ‘Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes’ document (AHEP-V3).

This module contributes to learning outcomes: SM1m, SM5m, EA1m, EA3m, EP1m, EP3m, G1m, G2m

A full list of the referenced outcomes is provided online: http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/emps/subjects/engineering/accreditation/

The AHEP document can be viewed in full on the Engineering Council’s website, at http://www.engc.org.uk/

On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:

 Module Specific Skills and Knowledge: SM1m, SM5m, EA1m, EA3m

1 understand the dynamic behaviour of water and the models used to describe its behaviour, including the theoretical background of the models and the relevance of applying different models to different situations;

2 comprehend the structures and devices used for controlling the flow of water, their underlying analytical models, and the approximations and limitations of these models;

3 develop and use appropriate analytical and experimental tools for designing and checking hydraulic systems and structures.

Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge: EP1m, EP3m

4 demonstrate increased abilities in analysis and design in the context of civil engineering.

Personal and Key Transferable/ Employment Skills and Knowledge: G1m, G2m

5 show improved written communication skills

- head loss in pipelines and tunnels under smooth turbulent, transitional and fully turbulent flows;

- Colebrook-White and empirical equations;

- transients in pipe flow: wave celerity, slow and rapid valve closure, surge pressures in rigid and elastic pipes;

- designing to avoid surge: surge towers, air vessels;

- use of pumps and turbines;

- open channel flow: uniform flow equations, Manning's equation, partially full pipes, critical depth, gradually varied flow, hydraulic jump, control points, surface profile categories, surface profile calculation;

- hydraulic structures: dams, spillways, weirs, gates, flow equations and British Standards for weirs;

- dynamic similarity and physical hydraulic modelling.

If a module is normally assessed entirely by coursework, all referred/deferred assessments will normally be by assignment.

If a module is normally assessed by examination or examination plus coursework, referred and deferred assessment will normally be by examination. For referrals, only the examination will count, a mark of 40% being awarded if the examination is passed. For deferrals, candidates will be awarded the higher of the deferred examination mark or the deferred examination mark combined with the original coursework mark.

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Reading list for this module:

Chadwick, Andrew; Morfett, John and Borthwick, Martin.Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4th edition Spon Press, London 2004. ISBN: 000-0-415-30609-4

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