Use of fluid mechanics in the engineering analysis and design of components of hydraulic and hydrologic systems. Hydraulics topics include closed conduit flow and water distribution systems; pump selection and cavitation; steady, uniform, and gradually varied flow of water in open channels; specific energy and transitions; and culvert designs. Hydrology topics include watershed delineation; design rainfall; rainfall abstractions; unit/runoff hydrographs; peak flows; and reservoir routing/detention pond design. The associated lab course stresses a variety of practical hydraulic and hydrologic applications both in the lab and in the field including measuring pipe friction; developing pump curves and observing cavitation; analyzing hydraulic jumps; measuring flow with weirs and sluice gates; delineating watersheds; measuring infiltration rates; measuring streamflow; and the development and implementation of a student derived investigation.
Prerequisite:
CENG 252 Minimum Grade: D
or ENSC 352 Minimum Grade: D
Concurrent:
CENG 352L