Catalog Description: Open-channel and close-conduit flow, dams and reservoirs, pumps and turbines, and flood control.

Prerequisites by course: EM 340 - Fluid Mechanics

Prerequisites by topic: Calculus, probability and statistics, fluid mechanics.

Textbook: Roberson et al., Hydraulic Engineering, Second Edition.

Learning Outcomes: Develop a fundamental understanding of the various aspects of hydraulic engineering, with an emphasis on the design of open channels, pipe flow, pumping systems, and flood control.

Topics Covered:
1. Hydrology (4 lectures)
2. Open-channel flow (6 lectures)
3. Close-conduit flow (6 lectures)
4. Dams and reservoirs (2 lectures)
5. Hydraulic structures (2 lectures)
6. Hydraulic machinery (2 lectures)
7. Flood control (2 lectures)

Class Schedule: Two lectures per week; 1.25 -hour each lecture.

Contribution of course to the professional component: Engineering Science: 1 unit (33%). Engineering Design: 2 units (67%).

Relationship to program outcomes:

1. 1. Solve problems in mathematics through differential equations, calculus-based physics, and one additional area of science.

   Calculate required discharges, velocities and flow rates for both open-channel flow and closed-conduit flow.

2. 4. Design a complex system or process to meed desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health amd safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

   Develop a water supply system, including all pumps. motors, piping, storage tanks, and distribution systems for a specific set of environmental and social parameters.

3. 6. Solve well-defined engineering problems in four technical areas of civil engineering.

   Determine the size anb shape of conveyance channels under a specific set of environmental parameters. Determine the size of pipes through a water distribution systems for a specific set of environmental parameters.

Prepared by: Victor M. Ponce.

Date: August 31, 2009.