COURSE UNIT TITLE

: APPLIED HYDRAULICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 4111 APPLIED HYDRAULICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZGENÇ AKSOY

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Application of theoretical knowledge acquired in compulsory Fluid Mechanics and
Hydraulics courses to the engineering problems. Mastering in the terms and concepts
given in Technical English I and Technical English II by applying them to engineering
systems and acquisition of new technical English concepts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to apply the concepts given in Technical English courses
2   Interpretation of the approaches used to solve Hydraulics engineering problems.
3   Synthesis of the knowledge acquired in various disciplines.
4   Skill to understand and comment the subjects related to professional English.
5   to express in English the solutions of Hydraulics Engineering Problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Dams and Spillways
2 Forces acting on gravity dams and stability criteria
3 Stability analysis of the concrete gravity dams
4 Water measurements in pipes
5 Water measurements in channels
6 Flow around channel lands-Transitions
7 Hydraulics of culverts
8 Design of erodible channels Velocity approach
9 Solved problems
10 Des. of erodible chan permissible tractive force approach
11 Flood rooting in reservoirs
12 Flood rooting in channels
13 Solved problems
14 Evaluation of the examinations and the course

Recomended or Required Reading

YANMAZ A. M.(2001): Applied Water Resources Engineering, METU Press Publishing Company
(ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı Yayıncılık ve Iletişim A.Ş.,Ankara ISBN: 975-7064-02-5

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The topics involved in the text book related to the course objective are treated.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Final grade will be determined by curve method. Quiz exams will be announced to the students a week ago.

Assessment Criteria

midterm and final examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aysegul.ozgenc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced by the instructor within the first week of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.145
LO.254
LO.354
LO.4544
LO.55