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Environmental Planning and Design

SBW012 Hydraulics and Hydrology for V 6.0 ECTS credits

DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA

General information about studying at Luleå university

TIMEPERIOD: Quarter II

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
P Andreasson Univ lekt

PREREQUISITES
MTF008

COURSE AIM
To give the foundations of Hydraulics and Hydrology (for content see below).

CONTENTS
Hydrostatics: Pressure, forces on submerged bodies, flotation Principles of fluid flow: Classification of flows, the fundamental equations for fluid dynamics, conservation laws, the energy equation, the momentum equation, boundary layers Flow in pipes and closed conduits: laminar flow, turbulent flow, frictional losses, local losses, smooth and rough boundary, pumps, system of pipes Introduction to open channel flow: the Manning equation, uniform open channel flow The hydrological cycle: percipitation, water balance, energy balance, radiation Evaporation: measurements, the aerodynamic method, the energy balance method, the Penman method Runoff: The rational method, the unit hydrograph, the S-hydrograph, the time-area method, the linear reservoir method Ground water: Darcy«s law, hydraulic conductivity, steady one-dimensional flow in open and closed aquifers, flow nets, influence of wells Ice and snow: snow-melt, ice growth in rivers and lakes, growth of crystals, snow physics, snowpack dynamics, measurements, drift of snow Hydropower in Sweden: Design flood, modelling, Probable Maximum Flood

TEACHING

EXAMINATION
Participation in laborations is compulsory. The course is examined by a written test.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Laboration (Hydrology)                                      	0.7ECTS
Laboration (Hydraulics)                                     	0.7ECTS
Written test (Hydrology)                                    	2.2ECTS
Written test (Hydraulics)                                   	2.2ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Chadwick, A., and Morfett, J., 1994, Hydraulics in civil and environmental engineering, E & FN Spon. Bergström, S., 1993, Sveriges hydrologi - grundläggande hydrologiska förhållanden, SMHI. Literature developed by the department (in Swedish).

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