James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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CS4002:03

Hydraulic Engineering

Townsville

Prerequisites: CS3008

39 lectures, 26 tutorials, 13 hours practicals. First semester.

Available to civil and environmental engineering students.

Hydraulics – open channel flow, channel transitions, flood routing, pipe networks, water hammer; Hydrology – hydrological cycle, run­off determination, groundwater/seepage, hydrological frequency analysis; Coastal Engineering – waves and wave spectra, wave generation and transformation, coastal flooding.

Learning Objectives:

  1. understand and define basic hydraulic concepts, properties and variables;
  2. understand the derivations of the techniques commonly used in hydraulic analysis and design;
  3. understand the simplifications and assumptions of the techniques commonly used in hydraulic engineering analysis;
  4. solve analysis and design problems in hydraulic, hydrological and coastal engineering.

Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).

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