Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
6CE372Hydraulics3+0+03529.07.2024
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Civil Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To enable students to understand and solve the problems of pipe flow and open channel flow. Also, the student will be able to analyze the specific energy and the hydraulic jump through open channels in addition to the Back water profiles.
Course Content Fluid flow concepts and measurements; Dimensional analysis, similitude and hydraulics models; Flow of incompressible fluids in pipelines; Pipe network analysis; Pump-pipeline system analysis and design, Steady open channel flow.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. Amin Gharehbaghi
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Lecture notes
Course Notes Brater, Ernest F, King, Horace Williams, Lindell, James E, Wei, C.Y. (1996).
Handbook of Hydraulics 7th edition), Publisher: Mc Graw Hill.

Course Category
Engineering %50
Engineering Design %50

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Assignment 4 % 10
Final examination 1 % 50
Total
6
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 13 3 39
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 4 56
Assignments 4 4 16
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 115

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To study the application of dimensional analysis to the hydraulics problems.
2 To present the principles of model theory.
3 To analyse the basic equations and engineering applications of closed conduit flows.
4 To present the basic equations and engineering applications of open channel flows.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Course Description
2 Dimensional Analysis
3 Fluid Properties and Hydraulic Units
4 Flow of Fluids and their Measurements
5 Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Pipes
6 Pipe Network line Analysis I
7 Pipe Network line Analysis Iı
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Pump pipeline Systems and Analysis
10 Open Channel Hydraulics I
11 Open Channel Hydraulics II
12 Hydraulic Jump and Rapidly Varied Flow
13 Gradually Varied Flow
14 General Evaluation

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 5 5 5
C1 5 5 5
C2 5 5 5
C3 5 5 5
C4 5 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant