Environmental Planning and Design

SBW011 Hydraulics and Hydrology for S 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 AND CREDITS 
Laboration (Hydrology)                                      	0.7 ECTS
Laboration (hydraulics)                                     	0.7 ECTS
Written test (Hydrology)                                    	2.2 ECTS
Written test (hydraulics)                                   	2.2 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
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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