ENGV 365 Hydraulic Engineering

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Any development accessing city water requires a piping and pumping network to distribute the water to all users within the system, while assuring sufficient flow and pressure. Similarly, all developments require plans of how to detain, control, store, and / or route rainfall. Multiple utilities (e.g., Tennessee Valley Authority, Duke Energy) control river systems and use various hydraulic structures to control and route floods along hundreds of miles of channels. This course prepares the student for further studies in hydrology and hydraulic engineering, and continues to develop the engineering analysis skills essential in civil engineering. The course includes a team-based written paper and computer project.

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Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Homework Assignments (13)

There will be homework problems from the textbook. The student will be expected to solve the problem and submit their written work. The homework will be due one week after covering the section in class. The homework should be submitted at the start of class in hard copy. The purpose of the homework is to reinforce material covered during class lectures and expand the student’s knowledge of problem solving with problems that are too complicated to put on quizzes. Homework for the last section(s) covered in class will be due during examination week to provide more time. Do not get behind! Full credit will be given for each problem attempted with some effort & progress; half-credit for starting; but no credit if not attempted. Feel free to work with classmates on the homework or seek help from the instructor. Problems that puzzle the class may be discussed with your peers.

Project Assignments (2)

There will be two graded team projects which will reinforce the class learning and provide the student with challenging ways to apply hydraulic engineering principles. A team paper / presentation will highlight a typical City Council / Planning Commission issue related to civil engineering. Another team paper / presentation will highlight a computer-modeling solution of either a closed pipe network or open channel problem. Team members must be proactive – those not contributing will earn a zero. Projects submitted after the deadline in-class or on Canvas will receive a 10% / week penalty according to LU policy.

Consistent or improving performance is encouraged! I reserve the right to adjust and curve the final grades based on student effort. If you are involved in school activities that will cause you to miss class, please coordinate with me ahead of time. You will be expected to submit your assignments before class in most cases. Students are expected to be actively engaged in the classroom setting, through paying close attention to presentations, active participation in the assigned projects, and making positive contributions to the learning environment.

Journal Article Review Assignment

There will be an individual journal review article assigned during the semester which will reinforce the class learning and provide the student with challenging ways to apply hydraulic engineering principles. Each student will read and summarize an ASCE journal article relevant to the class (first come – first serve). You must be proactive – those not contributing will earn a zero. 

Quizzes (8)

There will be 8 periodic quizzes for the sections of the assigned text covered and based on the homework problems. The purpose of the quizzes is to reinforce the learning process and validate the student’s comprehension of the material in a closed-book, timed environment. Quizzes will have help you prepare for exams. Quizzes will be given at the start of each module. Quizzes missed earn the student’s average quiz score minus a 5-pt deduction pt. deduction (TR) (there are no make-up quizzes).

Comprehensive Quizzes (3)

There will be 2 module comprehensive quizzes as well as a final comprehensive quiz. The purpose of comprehensive quizzes is to reinforce the learning process and validate the student’s comprehension and retention of the material covered. Solutions, rather than answers, are expected for all problems. An answer is the final answer to the question asked in the problem. By contrast, a solution is more; it also includes the argument/reasoning/work that leads to the answer. The student is responsible for contacting the instructor within 24 hours of missing an exam. Make-up exams for a planned excused absence require prior notice, and the student is expected to take the exam prior to the following class period (penalized 10% per week according to LU policy). This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 9—15 multiple-choice and calculation questions, and will have a 1-hour-10-minutes time limit, except the final comprehensive quiz which will have a 2-hour-20-minute time limit and contain 39 True/False, multiple-choice, and calculation questions.