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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