This course presents the fundamentals of free surface flow, and addresses the applications for free surface hydraulics for engineering and environmental applications. Topics include the development of basic principles, including specific energy, momentum and critical flow, as well as uniform, rapidly varied, and gradually varied flow phenomena and analysis. Applications include constructed and natural riverine channels. Additional topics may include hydraulic models, hydraulic considerations associated with fish passage and ecosystem protection, density-stratified flow, dispersion and heat transfer.
Introduction
Development of basic principles
Uniform flow
Specific energy and momentum
Concept of critical flow.
Rapidly varied flow
Gradually varied steady flow phenomena and analysis
Environmental applications
Additional topics:
Coastal hydraulics
Hydraulic models
Environmental applications:
(Dispersion and heat transfer)
(Water quality and ecosystem protection)
(Hydraulics associated with fish passage)