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Civil Engineering - CIEN 419
Water Resources Engineering
- Apply conservation of mass to analyze the unsteady behavior of tanks subject to various inflow/outflow conditions
- Apply conservation of energy to analyze steady pipe flow
- Determine a friction factor using the Moody diagram
- Compute friction losses with the Darcy-Weisbach equation
- Compute energy losses due to minor components (bends, valves, etc.)
- Analyze steady flow in compound pipes (series and parallel)
- Analyze piping systems that include pumps
- Sketch the energy grade line (EGL) and hydraulic grade line (HGL) for piping systems
- Write the system of equations (Q-equations) describing steady flow in a pipe network
- Apply the Hardy Cross method to solve simple pipe networks
- Design a two branch water distribution system and service reservoir
- Combine centrifugal pump performance parameters of speed, discharge, and head to get specific speed
- Develop the system head curve for single and compound pipelines
- Determine the operating point of a pump by determining the intersection of the system head curve with the pump performance curve supplied by the pump manufacturer
- Design a pump station to transfer water from a treatment plant clear well to three elevated storage tanks
- Classify open channel flows as uniform, gradually varied, or rapidly varied
- Apply the conservations laws of mass, energy, and momentum to open channel flows
- Compute the average boundary shear stress for uniform open channel flow
- Classify open channel flows as subcritical, critical, or supercritical using the Froude number
- Compute the critical flow depth for an open channel flow
- Plot and interpret the specific energy diagram for open channel flows
- Develop the Chezy and Manning equations for uniform flow using conservation of momentum
- Compute the uniform (normal) flow depth using Manning’s equation
- Develop the gradually varied flow equation from basic principles and develop the flow profiles that occur on mild and steep slopes
- Compute peak discharge using the rational method and NRCS TR-55 graphical method
- Design a storm sewer system using the rational method to estimate the design discharges and Manning’s equation to size the pipes
- Estimate wastewater flow rates based on projected population, average per capita water usage, and infiltration/inflow rates
- Design a sanitary sewer system for a local municipality
- Determine the required storage capacity of a detention pond
- Design a detention basin with a two-stage outlet structure to detain runoff from a proposed residential development
Prepared by Dr. Jason Hill
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