Online or Onsite Course
Hydraulics Principles
for
Flood Control/Drainage Applications

​      ONLINE COURSE CONTENT

• Three conservation principles of hydraulic engineering

• Types of flow (Laminar, Turbulent, Transitional, Uniform, Varied)

• States of flow (Steady and Unsteady Continuous and Discontinuous)

• Closed Conduits 

• Calculation of the Energy Equation, including Major and Minor Losses for pipes

• Pressure Flow – Culverts, pipes, etc.

• Closed Conduit examples (single and multiple pipes)

• Open Channel Flow

• Uniform Flow, Normal Depth and Manning’s Equation

• Calculation of the Energy Equation, including Major and Minor Losses

• Overbank Flow and Composite Roughness

• Hydraulic Efficiency of a Section

• Velocity Distribution

• Specific Energy and Alternate Depths

• Critical Depth, Froude Numbers and Flow Regimes (Subcritical & Supercritical)

• Open Channel Flow Examples

• Rapidly Varied Flow

• Drop Structures and Grade Control Structures

• Specific Force and Sequent Depths

• Hydraulic Jumps and Examples

• Gradually Varied Flow

• Gradually Varied Flow Curves

• Hydraulic Control

• Gradually Varied Flow Calculations (Direct and Standard Step)

• Gradually Varied Flow Example

• Common Flood Control Elements

• Confluences – Pressure and Momentum Calculation (and examples)

• Bridge Hydraulics – Class A, B and C (and examples)

• Channel Curvature & Superelevation

• Freeboard requirements

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