CTC 261-Hydraulics Schedule
January/February
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Monday/Wednesday Class |
Wed Lab/Project (Noon-2 pm on Wed) |
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18-Wed Lecture 1 (Intro) |
Will not meet for the lab |
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23/25 Lecture 2 (Fluid Statics) |
Meet in D1155 Intro to Experimental Lab (Safety,
specs, etc.) |
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30/1 Lecture 3 (Fluid Statics) |
Review Blackboard and Visualization Lab |
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6/8 Lecture 4 (Bernoulli Equation) |
Work on Buoyancy Project |
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13/15 Lecture 5 (Energy equation) |
D1155: Visualization/Fluid Statics Labs |
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20/22 Lecture 6 (Orifices, Weirs and Sluice Gates) |
D1155: Visualization/Fluid Statics Labs |
March
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Monday/Wednesday Class |
Wed Lab (2-4 pm on Wed) |
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27/1 Lecture 7 (Open Chanel Flow) |
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6/8
Bentley Software (Flowmaster) & Review for Midterm |
D1159: Midterm Exam (use lab time of 2 hours: Noon-2 pm) |
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13/15
SPRING BREAK |
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20/22 Lecture 8 (Culvert Basics) |
D1159: Bentley Software (Flowmaster) |
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27/29 Lecture 9 (Culvert Hydraulics) |
D1159: Bentley Software (Culvert Master) |
April/May
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Monday/Wednesday Class |
Wed Lab (2-4 pm on Wed) |
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3/5 Lecture 10 (Culvert Designs) |
Lecture 11 (riprap design) |
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10/12 Work
on Culvert Designs (Project 1a and 1b) |
Review Critical/Subcritical/Supercritical Depths and Froude Number |
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17/19 Culvert Design Presentations (on board) |
Review culvert controls types and velocity calculations |
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24/26 Review for Final
and Hand out Take-home final |
Work on Final Culvert Designs
Due online via Blackboard on Friday, May 29th |
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Midterm
Exam: Will test ability to: ·
Solve
manometer problems ·
Find
resultant forces/center of pressures on horizontal plane surfaces, vertical
plane surface and inclined submerged plane surfaces ·
Determine
Reynold’s number ·
Calculate
friction losses using Darcy-Weisbach ·
Use
Bernoulli’s and energy equations ·
Sketch
or graph EGL/HGL lines Final
Exam: Due Monday May 2 at 12:15 pm (Blackboard dropoff,
drop off at G143 or Don 1159) Will test ability to: ·
Solve orifice/weir problems ·
Find capacity, velocity and normal depth using Manning’s
equation ·
Find critical depth/Froude number and determine whether you have
critical/subcritical or supercritical flow ·
Calculate headwater elevation, downstream velocity and what type
of control (inlet or outlet) for a given culvert using the culvert worksheet ·
Determine the type of control for a culvert ·
Design a riprap apron |
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Updated on February 14, 2023