CE458 DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES
| Course Code: |
5620458 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
7.0 |
| Department: |
Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. METE KÖKEN |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
| Prerequisite: |
Set 1: 5620372
|
| The course set above should be completed before taking
CE458 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, hydraullic 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.
