CE 374K Hydrology

Fall Semester 1997

Course Curriculum

Table of Contents

Class Unique Number: 13875
Instructor: David R. Maidment
Class Hours: MWF 9-10, WEL 2.304
Office Hours: MF 1-3, ECJ 8.612
Telephone: (512)471-4620
Email: maidment@crwr.utexas.edu
Internet: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/ce374kf/ce374k.htm

Grading

Letter grades will be based on the weighted average specified above and assigned as follows:

There will be no make-up exams or incomplete grades in this course. I reserve the right to change the date of a quiz with notice in advance. Course instructor evaluation will be by the usual College of Engineering procedures.

Course text

"EApplied Hydrology", by V.T. Chow, D.R. Maidment, and L.W. Mays, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988.

Homework

Homework assignments are due in by 5PM on the date assigned. There is a box outside my door in ECJ 8.6 for turning in assignments after the class hour if necessary. Homework must be done on clean paper, must be stapled at the top left corner, and have your name written on the top right corner, and your name, class and assignment number written on the outside when the homework is folded in half.

Course objectives

This course is designed to present:


Course Outline for CE 374K:
Hydrology

Fall 1997

DATE TOPIC
Statics,Kinematics and Continuity
Weds Aug 29 Introduction to fluid mechanics, units of measurement
Fri Aug 31 Fluid properties
Labor Day Vacation
Weds Sept 4 Pressure, vertical pressure variation
Fri Sept 6 Manometers, fluids of variable density
Mon Sept 9 Forces on plane surfaces
Weds Sept 11 Forces on curved surfaces
Fri Sept 13 Bouyancy, floating bodies
Mon Sept 16 Kinematics, flow fields, streamlines
Weds Sept 18 Discharge and acceleration
Fri Sept 20 Rotation and vorticity
Mon Sept 23 Continuity equation in 1-D
Weds Sept 25 Continuity in 2-D
Fri Sept 27 Reynolds Transport Theorem
Mon Sept 30 Review
Weds Oct 2 QUIZ
Momentum and Energy
Fri Oct 4 Bernoulli's equation
Mon Oct 7 Hydraulic and energy grade lines
Weds Oct 9 Applications of Bernoulli's equation
Fri Oct 11 Work-energy equation
Mon Oct 14 More applications of Bernoulli's equation
Weds Oct 16 Stream functions and velocity potential
Fri Oct 18 Impulse-momentum principle
Mon Oct 21 Momentum principle in 1-D flow
Weds Oct 23 Forces on bends in pipes
Fri Oct 25 Angular momentum principle
Mon Oct 28 Propulsion, and turbines
Weds Oct 30 Review
Fri Nov 1 QUIZ
Flow Resistance
Mon Nov 4 Similitude and physical models
Weds Nov 6 Dimensional analysis
Fri Nov 8 Applications of dimensional analysis
Mon Nov 11 Laminar and turbulent flow
Weds Nov 13 Boundary layers
Fri Nov 15 Laminar flow in pipes
Mon Nov 18 Turbulent flow in pipes, Moody diagram
Weds Nov 20 Applications of head loss in pipes
Fri Nov 22 Review
Mon Nov 25 QUIZ
Weds Nov 27 Local head losses
Thanksgiving Vacation!!
Mon Dec 2 Lift
Weds Dec 4 Drag
Fri Dec 6 Course evaluation and review for final exam

Final Exam: Weds Dec 11, 9 AM - 12 noon