Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic discipline
ICAR/01 (HYDRAULICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Course
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Period
1st semester (26/09/2016 - 13/01/2017)
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of Hydraulics
Learning outcomes
The student will learn about the hydraulics of natural streams and the solid transport processes, and will be able to perform practical numerical computations of flow charachteristics in natural strems.
Course contents
Principles of fluvial geomorphology
Resistance to flow in natural streams
Solid transport in natural streams
Mathematical models of river flow
Teaching methods
lectures, practical work with computers
Reccomended or required readings
Armanini, A.. Principi di idraulica fluviale. BIOS. second edition.
Da Deppo L., Datei C., Salandin P.. Sistemazione dei corsi d'acqua. Libreria Cortina, Padova.
Przedwojski B. et al.. River Training Techniques. Balkema.
Lecture notes available on Kiro.
Assessment methods
In the final test the succesful candidate will be able to understand hydraulics and sediment transport processes in natural streams, and to design solution strategies for numerical computation of flows in natural strems.
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