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CIV5270

River hydraulics and sediment transport

Not offered in 1997

6 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV4265 or equivalent

Objectives To develop knowledge and understanding of the behaviour of streams formed in sedimentary material and skill in designing hydraulic structures in such a way as to control such behaviour.

Synopsis Origins and properties of sediment, geological factors, stream profiles, stable channel design, rip-rap design, sediment discharge rates, scour phenomena, mobile bed models, meandering, bed forms, resistance to flow, turbulence, secondary flows, diffusion and dispersion, numerical models.

Assessment Examinations (3 hours): 70% * Practical work: 30%


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