COURSE OUTLINE
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ABET Unit Classification: |
Engineering Topic |
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Compliant Catalogue: |
1998/1999 |
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Course Code: |
CIVL 4146 |
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Course Title: |
Hydraulics |
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Credit Hours: |
3 |
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Class Schedule: |
2-lecture hours per week |
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Laboratory Schedule: |
Experiments conducted during tutorial hours |
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Tutorial Schedule: |
2-tutorial hours per week |
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Duration: |
Fifteen weeks |
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Course Coordinator: |
Ahmad Sana |
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Prepared by: |
Ahmad Sana |
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Date of Outline Preparation: |
February 7, 2004 |
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Date of Last Revision: |
February 7, 2004 |
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Checked by: |
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Approved by: |
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Sultan Qaboos University
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CIVL
4146 HYDRAULICS (3 Credits)
This intermediate course aims to teach the design
principles for engineering water works such as pipelines, open channels and
turbomachinery. Lectures are supplemented by class tutorials and computer
laboratory work.
Prerequisites by course:
CIVL 4046
Prerequisites
by topic:
1. Fundamentals of statics and dynamics.
2. Basic principles of fluid mechanics.
Post-requisites:
The objectives of this course are to give the student a fundamental knowledge of:
1. Water flow in pipes.
2. Pipelines and pipe networks.
3. Water pumps.
4. Water flow in open channels.
5. Water measurements.
6. Hydraulic similitude and model studies.
Students will be expected to develop these skills/understanding upon the successful completion of this course:
Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering Systems, by N. H. C. Hwang and R. J. Houghtalen, 3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Additional resources include:
Text, class handouts, engineering calculator, and an access to personal computers.
Classroom with whiteboard and projection facilities, Hydraulics laboratory, library, computer facilities.
The following topics will be covered in this course:
1. Water flow in pipes: Pipe flow, Reynolds number, forces in pipe flow, Bernoulli’s equation and its applications, friction loss, minor losses.
2. Pipelines and pipe networks: Pipelines connecting two reservoirs, Siphons, pipelines with pumps, branching pipe systems, pipe networks, water hammer, surge tanks.
3. Water pumps: Centrifugal, propeller and jet pumps, selection of a pump, pumps in parallel and series, cavitation, specific speed and similarity.
4. Water flow in open channels: Classification of open channel flow, uniform flow, energy principles, gradually varied flow and classifications, computation of water surface profiles.
5. Water measurements: Velocity measurement by Pitot tubes and current meters, pressure measurements, discharge measurements by Venturimeters, nozzle meters, orifice meters in pipes, discharge measurements in open channels by weirs and flumes.
6. Hydraulic similitude and model studies: Dimensional homogeneity, principles of hydraulic similitude, phenomena governed by Reynolds and Froude numbers, open channel models, Pi-theorem.
IX. Instructional
Methods
1. Lectures.
2. Teamwork
solving problem tutorials.
3. Experiments
4. Homework.
5. Reading
assignments.
Evaluation
will be assessed based on the following:
1. Assignments.
2. Quizzes
3. Laboratory
reports
4. Design
projects.
5. One
major examination
6. A
comprehensive final examination
CIVL
4146 is an intermediate level departmental required course that deals with the
principles of hydraulics in continuation of fluid mechanics. One third of the
contents of this three-credit course consist of engineering science and
two-thirds consist of analysis of engineering fluid systems and design.
Laboratory: Tutorial hours would be utilized for solving examples and experiments. Please bring your textbook and calculator every time you come to attend the tutorial. For each tutorial exercise, a written letter report is required to get full consideration.
Evaluation:
Assignments 10%
Quizzes 15%
Laboratory reports 15%
One mid-term examination 20%
One final examination 40%
Explanation of grading system:
Assignments (10%): There will be approximately four assignments. Whenever an assignment is given, you will have one week to complete it and submit. Group participation in solving an assignment problem is encouraged, however, you must turn in your own assignment. Late assignments would be accepted only with prior approval from the instructor.
Quizzes (10%): There will be approximately three quizzes. They will consist of multiple-choice questions, brief definitions and fill in the blanks. The students must be prepared and revise the material covered in the preceding lectures before coming to the class.
Laboratory reports (20%): There will be approximately five laboratory experiments. The reports must be written in the form of a brief report, the format of which would be explained in the class.
Mid-term examination (20%): This will be a closed book examination, covering all the theory, problems, laboratory experiments and design projects completed prior to it.
Final examination (40%): The final examination will cover the whole course contents completed prior to it.
Extra credit (up to 5%): The students may receive up to 5% of their grade in extra credit by attending seminars and professional society meetings held in the civil engineering department or relevant conferences.
List of Experiments
1. Characteristics of pipe networks
2. Water hammer phenomenon in pipes
3. Discharge measurement techniques in pipes
4. Discharge measurement techniques in open channels
5. Characteristics of a hydraulic jump.