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CIV E 530 - OPEN-CHANNEL HYDRAULICS SPRING 2014 INSTRUCTORS: DR. V. M. PONCE AND ROSA D. AGUILAR TEXT: OPEN-CHANNEL HYDRAULICS (CHOW) AND ONLINE SYLLABUS (PONCE) | |||||||||||||||
| Week | Chapter | Number (Chow) | Number (Ponce) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Introduction | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Properties of Open Channels | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Energy and Momentum Principles | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Critical Flow | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Uniform Flow | 5, 6 | 5, 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | FIRST MIDTERM (Monday, February 24, 2014, 1600-1650) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Channel Design | 7 | 7A, 7B | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Steady Gradually Varied Flow | 9 | 8A, 8B, 8C | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Culvert Hydraulics | - | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Steady Rapidly Varied Flow | 13, 14, 15 | 9, 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | SECOND MIDTERM (Monday, April 7, 2014, 1600-1650) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Unsteady Gradually Varied Flow | 18, 20 | 11, 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | HEC-RAS Modeling | - | 13, 14, 15 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Sediment Transport I | - | 17A,
17B
| 15 |
Sediment Transport II / Review | - |
17C
| 16 |
FINAL EXAM (Monday, May 12, 2014, 1530-1730) | -
| - |
OFFICE HOURS: MW 1000-1100; MW 2015-2115 (PS231-B).
| GRADING POLICY: Homework set (20%), two midterms (50%), final exam (30%). Attendance and class participation will earn a bonus of 1/3 letter grade (Example: B+ raised to A-). HOMEWORK GRADING POLICY: Homework is due on day indicated in the syllabus. There is no late homework. | |||