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Course Catalog 1999/2000


Environmental Engineering

SBW010 Open Channel Flow and Recipient Hydraulics 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter III

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Mats Billstein Licentiat


PREREQUISITES
SBW011 or SBW012

COURSE AIM
To give the foundations of open channel flow and recipient hydraulics.

CONTENTS
Open channel flow:
Uniform and gradually varied flow: the Manning equation, hydraulic jump, sub- and supercritical flow.
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.

Recipient hydraulics:
Compound channels: effect of internal turbulent shear stresses, the TDMA-algorithm, open channel flow generalized in two dimensions
The atmospheric boundary layer
The Baltic sea
Dynamics of lakes: Langmuir cells, seiches, energy balance, the Coriolis force, stratification, influence of wind, etc.
Diffusion: the diffusion equation, Fick´s law, advection, one- and two-dimensional mixing, river mixing etc.
Jets and plumes
Numerical modelling: the finite volume approach, modelling of water quality.

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, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS

3.00ECTS
1.50ECTS
Computer based project work 1.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Chadwick, A., and Morfett, J., 1994, Hydraulics in civil and environmental engineering, E & FN Spon.
Literature developed by the department (in Swedish).
Additional literature relevant for Recipient hydraulics.

Further information: International Office
Valid for the academic year 1999/2000.

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