Environmental Planning and Design
SBW007 Open Channel Flow, Design of Dams and Hydro Power Plants 6.0 ECTS credits
DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA
General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: Quarter III
LANGUAGE: Swedish
EXAMINER
G Westerström Forsk
PREREQUISITES
SBW001, ABG002, ABK004
COURSE AIM
To give the foundations of open channel flow and design of dams and hydro power plants.
CONTENTS
Open channel flow:
Uniform and gradually varied flow: the Manning equation, hydraulic jump, sub- and supercritical flow, etc.
Hydraulic structures: Sharp-crested weirs, Contracted weirs, Vee weirs, control gates, Spillways (WES).
Surge waves: positive and negative waves, propagation speed.
Sediment transportation: design of stable alluvial channels, bottom load, suspended load, bottom configuration, critical shear stress, etc.
Dams and hydro power plants:
History of the art of building dams, different dam types, loads on dams, design of dams.
Outlet devices and reservoir regulation. Waterways, headlosses and design of hydropower plants.
Non stationary flow, wave oscillation at start and stop of hydro power plants.
TEACHING
EXAMINATION
The course is examined by several tests made at home. Participation in laborations and project work is compulsory.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4
ITEMS AND CREDITS
Laboratory work 1.5 ECTS
Tests (made at home) 3.0 ECTS
Project work 1.5 ECTS
COURSE LITERATURE
Bengtsson, L: Dammar och kraftverk, 1996
Westerström, G: Dammar och kraftverk, 1996
Westerström, G: Förelägg konstruktionsuppgift, 1996
Westerström, G: Svallning - Icke stationär strömning vid vattenkraftverk, 1996
LTU: Laborationsförelägg.
Häggström, S: Uppgifter till Hydraulik för V-teknologer, CTH 1992
Chadwick, A., and Morfett, J.,: Hydraulics in civil and environmental engineering, E & FN Spon, 1994
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