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FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK SESI 2-2008/2009 COURSE PLAN

Course Code Course Name Course Credit Type of Module Prerequisite Course Aim KNS 2153 Hydraulics 3 cr-hr Core

The goal of this course is to prepare the students for designing pipeline system and open channels by applying the basic principles of hydraulics. The topics include the followings: Flow in pipes, pipe networks analyses, pump pipeline analyses. Uniform flow, rapidly varied flow and gradually varied flow in an open channel.
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Learning Outcomes

Ability to recognize the basic principles of hydraulics for designing the pipeline system and open channels. Ability to analyze flow in one pipe, two pipes and pipes in a network. Ability to solve problems of multiple pump systems (series, parallel, variable speed pump operations). Ability to explain unsteady flow in pipes (water hammer) Ability to analyze the three different kind of flow in open channel and design the suitable channel. Remarks

Week
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Topics Behavior of real fluids: Real and ideal fluids, Viscous flow. The stability of laminar flow and the onset of Turbulence. Shearing Action in Turbulent flows, the boundary layer. Flow in pipes: Two kinds of flow, frictional losses along a pie, local head losses. Series, parallel and branched pipe systems. Pipe network analyses: The loop method, nodal method and Newton Raphson and linear theory method. Analyses of Pipe network using Microsoft excel Pump Pipeline system analysis and design: System head curve, pump characteristics curves, single pump and pipeline system, multiple pump system. Suction Lifts limitations. Unsteady flow in pipes: Basic differential equation of water hammer, Solution of water hammer equation, control devices, surge tanks. Analyses of pipe network using computer software: Watercad.
MID-SEMESTER BREAK

Tutorial 1/ ICL 1

Distribute Assignment 1 Tutorial 2/ ICL 2

Tutorial 3/ ICL 3

Distribute Assignment 2 Test 1 (20%) Cover all topics from week 1 to week 7

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Open channel flow: Types of flow, State of flow, Effect of gravity. Open Channels and their properties Uniform flow in open channels: Establishment of uniform flow, velocity in uniform flow, computation of uniform flow depth, channels with composite roughness, design of channels for uniform flow.
Tutorial 4/ ICL 4

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Rapidly varied flow: Energy and momentum in open channels, specific energy, computation of critical depth. Rapidly varied flow: The hydraulic Jump and critical depth meters. Gradually varied flow: Basic Assumptions and equations of gradually varied flow, characteristics and classification of gradually varied flow profiles. Computation of gradually varied flow. Computation of gradually varied flow using Microsoft Excel.
Examination Weeks

Distribute Assignment 3 Tutorial 5/ ICL 5 Tutorial 6/ ICL 6 Distribute Assignment 4

14

Final exam = 50% (Cover all syllabus) Hours per semester

Teaching - Learning Approach

Lectures Class tutorials Informal Cooperative Learning

28 14 14 Percentage 20 30 50 100

Assessment

Test (s) Assignments/Tutorials /Cooperative Learning Final Exam Total

Resources

1) Walter H. Graf and Altinakar M.S (1998, reprinted 2003) Fluvial Hydraulics. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, New York, Weinheim, Brisbane, Singapore, Toronto. 2) Roberson, J.A, Cassidy J.J. and Chaudhry M.H. (1998). Hydraulic Engineering. 2nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, USA. 3) Chauldry M.H. (1993). Open Channel Flow. Prentice Hall, Engelwood Cliff, New Yersey, USA. 4) C. Nalluri & R.E. Featherstone. (2001). Civil Engineering Hydraulics. 4th Edition. Blackwell Science. Oxford, UK. 5) Andrew Chadwick, John Morfett & Martin Borthwick (2004). Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering. 4th Edition. E & FN Spon, UK. 6) Chow V.T. (1973). Open Channel Hydraulics. McGraw Hill, USA

Prepared by: .................................... Charles Bong Hin Joo (Lecturer)

Checked and certified by: ..................................................... Dr. Noor Linda bt Haji Taib (Head of Civil Engineering Department)

Approved by: ..................................................... Prof Wan Hashim b. Wan Ibrahim (Dean of Faculty of Engineering) Date: .........................................

. Date:........................................ Rosmina Ahmad Bustami (Lecturer)

Date:.........................

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