Online Courses Handbook 2003

302786 (v.1) Water Engineering 262

Area:	Department of Civil Engineering
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	302781 (v.1) Water Engineering 261 or any previous version
Flow measurement. Orifice, weirs and gates. Hydraulic modelling-similitude. Potential flow theory, composite flow fields. Boundary layer theory, pressure drag. Flow in closed conduits. Laminar and turbulent flow. Resistance law, drag diagrams and empirical equations. Pipe in series, head losses and simple pipe network. Reservoirs in parallel and series.