Undergraduate Course: Fluid Mechanics (Civil) 3 (CIVE09014)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is intended to develop an understanding of steady flow in pipe systems, pipe networks and pumping mains. It is also intended to develop and understanding of steady open-channel flow. |
| Course description |
Syllabus:
Flow in single pipes (revision of 2nd year)
Flow in pipe systems and networks
Sewer system operation
Flow in open channels - uniform flow
Specific energy and momentum
Gradually varied flow
Rapidly varied flow and hydraulic jumps
Flow around hydraulic structures including gates and steps
Sediment transport in channels
Laboratory Details:
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 four-hour period is allocated to each group for the lab work including completing the report. 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 completed and assessed during the laboratory class. Degree Examination
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Fluid Mechanics 2 (SCEE08003)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Elementary Fluid Mechanics or similar |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 4,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
61 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
90 %,
Coursework
10 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1.Laboratory Report (10%), 2.Degree Examination (90%)
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Fluid Mechanics (Civil) 3 | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course, the student should be able to: Design and analyze single pipes and simple combinations of pipes under steady flow;
Analyze pipes and pipe networks under steady flow;
Design and analyze pumping mains and pump-pipe systems;
Understand 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 steady 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 momentum 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;
Analyse and design culverts;
Calculate sediment transport in steady flow open channel situations.
- Learning outcomes specific to laboratory exercise:
Students have observed subcritical, critical and supercritical flows and hydraulic jumps and can identify them.
Students can make an engineering sketch accurately showing significant engineering details.
Students can compose a short discussion identifying reasons for error in experimental results, whether the proposed reasons make sense in the light of the results and what might be done about them.
Students can carry out a basic risk assessment appropriate to the laboratory experiment.
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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.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Crapper
Tel: (0131 6)50 5727
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: |
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