COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DAM HYDRAULICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5143 DAM HYDRAULICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES

Course Objective

Dam Hydraulics considers hydraulic questions related to the construction and the safety of dams. Dam Hydraulics treats the hydraulic principles of diversion during construction, bottom outlets, intake structures and overflow structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to use the basic knowledge of Hydraulics.
2   to acquire the basic concepts related to dam hydraulics.
3   to select the most suitable of the different solution methods.
4   to convert the numerical results to engineering applications.
5   to interpret the numerical results with regard to engineering applications.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Purpose of the cours. Design discharge of bottom outlet
2 Design discharge of spillway.Design discharge of intake structure.Design discharge of diversion tunnel or channel
3 Frontal overflow. Side channel
4 Siphon. Diversion tunnel
5 River diversion. Culvert
6 Free fall. Stilling bassin
7 Drop structures. Plunge Pools
8 Gate types and design requirements
9 Mid-term examination
10 Air entrainement. Cavitation
11 Bottom intake. Surface intake
12 Reservoir sedimentation. Sediment control
13 Dam breaching One dimensional dambreak flow
14 Homeworks assesment General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Vischer D.L. ; Hager W.H., Dam Hydraulics, Willey, New
York, 1998.
Şentürk F.,Hydraulics of Dams and Reservoirs, Water
Resources Publications, USA, 1994

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The chapters involved in the textbook are treated in accordance with the course objective. There will also be two assignments during the semester.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. M. Şükrü GÜNEY
sukru.guney@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 2 19 38
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.153
LO.252543
LO.343353342
LO.4335233322
LO.532522243222

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