Hydraulics I

1. COURSE INFORMATION:

School	Environmental Engineering
Course Level	Undergraduate
Course ID	ENVE 326	Semester	6^th
Course Category	Required
Course Modules	Instruction Hours per Week		ECTS
Lectures, Examples and video presentations	4 T=3, E=1, L=0		5
Course Type	Scientific Area
Prerequisites
Instruction/Exam Language	Greek
The course is offered to Erasmus students	No
Course URL	https//www.eclass.tuc.gr/courses/MHPER260/ (in Greek)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

Hydraulics I course is an introduction in open channel hydraulics. Main objectives of this course is to introduce to the students the basic principles of open channel hydraulics, after a short revisit in the principles of fluid mechanics. The course elaborates on the methods for estimation of the flow depth and energy and offers the students the basic knowledge required for further elaboration in hydraulic works design in the next courses.

After a successful completion of the course, students should be able to
a) tackle problems related to the qualitatively and quantitatively explain open channel flow phenomena related to the forces and pressure fields in open channel flow,
b) Estimate flow depth and flow velocity in open channels and
c) be able to attend courses on hydraulic works design.

General Competencies/Skills

Decision making
Autonomous work
Project design and management

3. COURSE SYLLABUS

Introduction
- Control cross sections
- Velocity distribution in open channels
Equations in open channel flow
- Continuity equation
- Bernoulli equation
- Momentum equation
- Energy equation
  - Total energy
  - Specific energy
Uniform flow
- Manning equation
- Steady flow in flood plain
- Optimal cross section
Non uniform flow
- Flow categorization
- Hydraulic jump - stilling basins
- Specific energy – critical depth
- Non-uniform flow – Gradually varying flow
- Flow profile classification
- River flow
Control and measurement of open channel flow
- Control cross sections
- Spillways

4. INSTRUCTION and LEARNING METHODS - ASSESSMENT

Lecture Method	Direct (face to face)
Use of Information and Communication Technology	Power point presentations; E-class support
Instruction Organisation	Activity	Workload per Semester (hours)
	- Lectures	26
	- Lab assignments	26
	- Projects	24
	- Autonomous study	49
	Course Total	125
Assessment Method	I. Written final examination (80%): - Proof of fundamental relations in hydraulics - Expert judgement questions - Exercises II.Autonomous assignment (20%).

5. RECOMMENDED READING

Steady flows with open surface, Katsifarakis L. Kostantinos
Open channel hydraulics, Prinos Panayotis

6. INSTRUCTORS

Course Instructor:	Dr. E. Grillakis (N.Sc.- ChEnvEng)
Lectures:	Dr. E. Grillakis (N.Sc.- ChEnvEng)
Tutorial exercises:	Dr. E. Grillakis (N.Sc.- ChEnvEng)
Laboratory Exercises:

Hydraulics I

Technical University of Crete

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6th Semester: ENVE 326

Technical University of Crete

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