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Undergraduate Course: Fluid Mechanics (Civil) 3 (CIVE09014)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaCivil Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is intended to develop an understanding of pressure-pipe systems, pipe networks and pumping mains, and to indroduce the concepts of sewer system arrangement and sewer hydraulics. It is also intended to develop and understanding of steady open-channel flow.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Fluid Mechanics 2 (SCEE08003)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesElementary Fluid Mechanics or similar
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLectureLecture Theatre A, JCMB1-10 14:00 - 15:50
King's BuildingsTutorial1.1206C JCMB Teaching Studio2-10 16:10 - 17:00
King's BuildingsLaboratory2-10 09:00 - 10:50
First Class Week 1, Friday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Lecture Theatre A, JCMB
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Fluid Mechanics (Civil) 32:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student should be able to: Design and analyze single pipes and simple combinations of pipes;
Analyze pipe networks;
Design and analyze pumping mains and pump-pipe systems;
Undertand the basic concepts of sewer system layout and sewer hydraulics;
Define and understand the importance of flow controls in pipe systems;
Understand the concepts of open channel flow including sub- and supercritical flow and critical flow;
Calculate uniform flow conditions in open channels;
Understand and apply appropriately the principle of specific energy in open channels;
Understand and apply appropriately the principle of specific force in open channels;
Carry out gradually varied flow calculations in open channels;
Calculate flows around structures such as weirs, free outfalls from reservoirs and sluice gates;
Locate and analyze hydraulic jumps in open channel flows; and
Analyse and design culverts.
Assessment Information
1.Laboratory Report (10%), 2.Degree Examination (90%)
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus LECTURES

L1 Introduction and Basic Pipe Flow
Revision of 2nd Year material of relevance. Pipes in Series and Parallel. Pipe junctions.

L2 Pipe Networks and Trunk Mains
Analysis using the Hardy Cross methods, (a) head balance method: and (b) quantity balance method. Trunk main design.

L3 Pumping Main Design and Sewer Systems
Concepts of pump design. Pumping stations. Sewer systems, their layout and features.

L4 Controls in Sewer systems and Introduction to Open Channel Flow
Controls in sewer systems, CSOs and UIDs. Introduction to Open Channel flow and definition of terms. Uniform flow using Manning and compound channels.

L5 Specific Energy
Derivation and application of specific energy principle. Determining $a in compound channels.

L6 Specific Force and Introduction to Gradually Varied Flow
Deriviation and application of specific force. Derivation of GVF equations. Direct and Standard Step methods.

L7 Solving GVF equations and Hydraulic Jumps
Discussion of solution of GVF equations. Outfalls from reservoirs. Characteristics of hydraulic jumps, sequent depths, location of hydraulic jumps. Vertical expansions to fix hydraulic jumps.

L8 More on Hydraulic Jumps and Culverts
Vertical contractions, sluice gates, baffle blocks. Analysis of culverts.

L9 Culverts and Revision
More on analysis of culverts and revision of material.

TUTORIALS

T1 Pipes and Networks Hardy Cross methods of analysis.

T2 Mains, Pumps and Sewers. Determination of pipleline curves and pump selection. Sewer systems.

T3 Uniform Flow Uniform flow in open channels.

T4 Specific Energy Specific energy in open channels.

T5 Gradually Varied Flow/Flow Profiles Direct and Standard Step methods, flow profiles.

T6 Free Flow and Hydraulic Jumps Sequent depths

LABS

Flow over Weirs and Hydraulic Jump
Groups of approximately four students test two or three different types of weir in the laboratory flume and determine a relationship between the head upstream of the weir and the discharge flowing over it, and to measure and comment on the properties of a hydraulic jump. One two-hour period is allocated to each group for the lab work. An individual report is required from each student, though it is expected that results and graphs are shared amongst group members. Discussions must be individual. A risk assessment is required for the laboratory.

Verbal Feedback on Tutorials on student&©s request.
Laboratory Report returned after all students have completed it, at the end of the course. Degree Examination
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Chadwick, Morfett and Borthwick: Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fourth Edition, F&N Spon, Chapters 5 and 12, plus maybe 7, 13 and 15.

There are many other references covering this material; this book is recommended for its relevance to both this and other courses in the degree programme.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsOpen Channel Flow; Pipe Networks; Sewer Systems
Contacts
Course organiserDr Martin Crapper
Tel: (0131 6)50 5727
Email: Martin.Crapper@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Kathryn Nicol
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: kathryn.nicol@ed.ac.uk
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