CIVT 3301K HYDRAULICS AND ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

CATALOG DATA: CIVT 3301K Hydraulics and Engineering Hydrology (3-2-4)

Elements of fluid mechanics; pressure measurement; hydrostatics; forces on submerged plane and curved surfaces; buoyancy; fluids in motion; hydraulic and energy gradients; forces exerted by jets on flat plates and curved vanes; orifices, notches and weirs; flow in pipes; simple pipe networks; open channel flow; pumps.

Hydrologic cycle; precipitation data analysis; hydraulics of groundwater flow; equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions; groundwater exploration; surface runoff; hydrographs; flood routing; hydrological forecasting; computer applications

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Kuppuswamy Jayaraman

Tel: 356-2218 e-mail: jayaramk@tigerpaw.ssu.peachnet.edu

Room: 121, D-Block, Hubert Bldg

Office Hours: To be announced in class

TEXTBOOK: Ned H.C. Hwang and Robert J. Houghtalen, Fundamentals of Hydraulic

Engineering Systems, Prentice Hall, 1996

REFERENCE: Robert L. Mott, Applied Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall, 2000

Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young and Theodore H. Okiishi,

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, Wiley, 1998

Victor L. Streeter, E. Benjamin Wylie & Keith W. Bedford,

Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1998

John A. Roberson and Clayton T. Crowe, Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Wiley, 1997

Philip B. Bedient and Wayne C. Huber, Hydrology and Flood Plain Analysis, Addison Wesley, 1992

GOALS: To provide an understanding of the principles and applications of

hydraulics and hydrology. These find wide applications in: dams, water tanks, tanks in water and wastewater treatment plants, bridges, weirs, water distribution systems, sewer systems, irrigation systems, pumps and turbines, water resources planning and management.

BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES: The student will have a good understanding of:

* properties of fluids

* forces exerted by water on surfaces

* flow through orifices and over weirs

* flow in pipes and open channels

* precipitation, runoff, and groundwater flow

* dams, reservoirs and water storage

* hydrological data analysis and forecasting

PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC: Statics

INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS

A. Properties of fluids

Density, specific weight, relative density, viscosity, surface tension, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids; force and pressure; pressure head; pressure-height-density relationship; atmospheric and gauge pressure.

B. Measurement of Pressure:

Piezometers, manometers (Simple, differential and inverted), and micro-manometers; gages and other pressure-sensing devices.

C. Static Forces on Surfaces:

Forces on submerged plane surfaces; resultant force and center of pressure; forces on curved surfaces; applications: dams, gates and culverts; buoyancy; stability of floating bodies.

D. Fluid flow:

Steady and unsteady flows; uniform and non-uniform flows; laminar and turbulent flows; continuity of flow; Bernoulli’s equation; hydraulic and energy gradients; Pitot and Pitot-static tubes; Venturi meter; orifice plate meter and flow nozzles; flow through orifices; notches and weirs; introduction to impulse-momentum principle and applications.

E. Flow in Pipes:

Laminar and turbulent; losses in pipes; formulae used; analysis of simple pipe networks.

F. Open Channel Flow:

Elements of open channel flow.

G. Pumps and Turbines:

Introduction to pumps and turbines

H. Hydrology:

Hydrologic cycle; water inventory; precipitation -missing precipitation data, double mass analysis for consistency, computation of average aerial precipitation; evaporation; infiltration.

I. Surface Runoff:

Stream gauging; discharge measurement methods; rating curves; rainfall-runoff relations; hydrographs; unit hydrograph; reservoirs and storage determination by mass curves

J. Groundwater:

Aquifers and other formations; hydraulics of groundwater flow; equilibrium conditions - unconfined and confined aquifers; Depuit’s equation

K. Hydrological forecasting:

Introduction to hydrological forecasting & water resources planning

ACTIVITIES REQUIRED OF STUDENTS

A. Attendance:

Credit may not be awarded if the number of absences exceeds

the number of times that the class meets per week - namely 5 hours. Punctuality will be strictly enforced.

B. Tutorial/ Laboratory Sessions:

A number of tutorial (problem-solving) will be held, and each student must have his scientific calculator during all the classes. These sessions will provide ample opportunity to ask questions, to clear doubts, to improve problem-solving skills, and to understand practical applications. Computer usage will form part of these sessions.

A number of laboratory sessions will be held to provide a good understanding of the hydraulic principles and applications.

C. Home assignments:

Use of library facilities and internet resources shall be incorporated. These should be submitted in time. Late submissions will not be accepted for evaluation

D. Course Folders:

All tutorial sheets (question papers and answer sheets), assignments, lab reports and test papers shall be placed in a Course Folder. The Course Folder must be submitted on specified dates (to be announced in the class).

E. Tests and Final Examination:

These should be taken on the dates and times which shall be announced at least one week in advance. No make-up tests will be given except under extremely special circumstances

EVALUATION PROCEDURE

The final grade for indicating the quality of academic work represents the student’s successful performance in all the instructional areas of this Course.

The final evaluation shall be based on the following:

Home assignments, tutorials & laboratory sessions: 30%

Tests: 30%

Final examination: 40%

GRADING SYSTEM:

A Excellent 85 - 100

B Good 70 - 84

C Average 60 - 69

D Poor 50 - 59

F Failure < 50