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River Engineering

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
  • Course Goals
  • No Poverty
  • Zero Hunger
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Climate Action
  • Life Below Water
  • Life on Land

Requirements

CEI212 AND CEI312

Description

  • English Description

    Basic Properties and Principal Equations: Properties of water and sediments, river flow kinematics, mass conservation, equation of motion. Steady and unsteady flow in rivers, sediment transport in rivers. River Equilibrium: Particle stability, channel stability, river bends, river meandering. Stage discharge predictors – Sediment discharge formulas – Sediment measurements techniques. River Stabilization: Riverbank protection, riverbank riprap revetment; navigation waterways; River training; Erosion around bridge foundation; River restoration principles: Case studies.
  • Arabic Description

    Basic Properties and Principal Equations: Properties of water and sediments, river flow kinematics, mass conservation, equation of motion. Steady and unsteady flow in rivers, sediment transport in rivers. River Equilibrium: Particle stability, channel stability, river bends, river meandering. Stage discharge predictors – Sediment discharge formulas – Sediment measurements techniques. River Stabilization: Riverbank protection, riverbank riprap revetment; navigation waterways; River training; Erosion around bridge foundation; River restoration principles: Case studies.
  • Department
    Irrigation and Hydraulics
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 15% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • - French, R. H, Open Channel Hydraulics; Water Resources Pubns, 2007. ISBN 13: 9781887201445 - French, R. H, Open Channel Hydraulics; Water Resources Pubns, 2007. ISBN 13: 9781887201445.