CVE458 DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES
| Course Code: | 3640458 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
| Prerequisite: | Set 1: 3640372 , 3640376 |
| The course set above should be completed before taking CVE458 DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES . | |
Course Content
Dam design concepts. Design of overflow and outlet structures; frontal overflow. side channel. morning glory overfall. siphon. free fall. chute. cascade spillway. Design of dissipation structures; hydraulic jump and stilling basin. drop structures and plunge pools. trajectory basins. Design of bottom outlets; gate types. hydraulics of high-head gates. air entrainment. cavitation. Design of intake structures; hydraulic losses. vortex formation. hydraulic loadings. control gates and valves. penstock.Prerequisites: CVE372. and CVE376.