302799 (v.1) Water Engineering 465
| Area: | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 302795 (v.1) Water Engineering 362 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Project Planning. Ecological and Environmental Considerations. Flood Studies. Selection of Type of Water Resource structure. Foundation and Construction material. Earth and Rockfill Dams. Concrete gravity dams. Spillway and outlet structures. Geotechnical Instrumentations. Surveillance and Monitoring programs. Emergency Preparedness plans. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of the course students will have a thorough appreciation of applied hydrological computational techniques related to design of water resource structures. This course will also introduce the student to the design and maintenance of water resource structure. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Cedegren, H. R., 1989, 'Seepage, drainage, and flow nets', 3rd Edition, Wiley, New York. Dunnicliff, J., 1988, 'Geotechnical instrumentation for monitoring field performance', Wiley, New York. 'Design of Small Dams', USBR publications. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed text. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Mid term Exam 20%. Assignment 10%, Field Report 10%, Final Exam 60%. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
CRICOS provider code 00301J
