CE 6270 - Hydraulics of Rivers, Streams, and Channels

This course covers geometric and hydraulic properties of open channels, conservation laws as applied to open channel flow, principles of critical, uniform and gradually varied flows, design of channels for capacity and erosion resistance, flow profile computations, hydraulic routing, and open channel flow applications. Consideration will be given to the analysis and characteristics of flow in open channels (natural and artificial); channel design considerations including uniform flow (rivers, sewers), flow measuring devices (weirs, flumes), gradually varied flow (backwater and other flow profiles, flood routing), rapidly varied flow (hydraulic jump, spillways), and channel design problems (geometric considerations, scour,channel stabilization, sediment transport). The purpose of the course is to provide students with a practical foundation in the hydraulics of open channel flow, so that they may apply their skills to design and analysis of man-made structures and natural rivers.

Credits: 3