CIV E 530 - OPEN-CHANNEL HYDRAULICS FALL 2010 INSTRUCTOR: DR. V. M. PONCE SYLLABUS: OPEN-CHANNEL HYDRAULICS (CHOW) AND ONLINE SYLLABUS (PONCE) | |||||||||||||||||||
Week | Chapter | Number (Chow) | Number (Ponce) | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Introduction | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Properties of Open Channels | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Energy and Momentum Principles | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Critical Flow | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Uniform Flow | 5, 6 | 5, 6 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | FIRST MIDTERM (Monday, October 4, 2010, 1600-1715) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Channel Design | 7 | 7A, 7B | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Steady Gradually Varied Flow I | 9 | 8A | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Steady Gradually Varied Flow II | 9 | 8B, 8C | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Steady Rapidly Varied Flow | 14, 15 | 9, 10 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Unsteady Gradually Varied Flow | 18, 20 | 11, 12 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | SECOND MIDTERM (Monday, November 8, 2010, 1600-1715) | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Culvert Hydraulics | - |
16
14 |
HEC-RAS Modeling | - | 13, 14, 15 | 15 |
Sediment Transport | - |
17A,
17B,
17C
| 16 |
FINAL EXAM (Monday, December 13, 2010, 1530-1730) | -
| - |
OFFICE HOURS: MW 0900-1000; MW 2015-2115 (PS231-B).
| GRADING POLICY: Homework set (20%), two midterms (50%), final exam (30%). Attendance and class participation will earn a bonus of 1/3 letter grade (Example: B+ raised to A-). HOMEWORK GRADING POLICY: Homework is due on day indicated in the syllabus. There is no late homework. |