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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

BUILDING PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS - 9 credits - Characterising
GEOTHECNICAL ENGINEERING - 9 credits - Characterising
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
RIVERBASIN MONITORING AND RESTORATION - 9 credits - Characterising
STRUCTURAL DESIGN - 9 credits - Characterising
STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND SEISMOLOGY - 9 credits - Characterising
URBAN PLANNING AND RISK MITIGATION
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza

Course year: 2

ADVANCED GEOMATICS - 9 credits - Characterising
ADVANCED TREATMENTS OF WATER AND WASTES - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
BUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR SANITARY-ENVIRONMENTAL PLANTS - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
COUNTRY PLANNING - 9 credits - Characterising
DESIGN OF BUILDING SERVICES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DESIGN OF SISMIC RESISTANT STRUCTURES - 9 credits - Characterising
EDUCATION FOR INTERCULTURALISM AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION - 3 credits - Student's own choice
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODELLING AND CONTROL
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ETHICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - 3 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL THESIS - 12 credits - Language/Final Examination
HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES - 9 credits - Characterising
REMOTE SENSING
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
TRAINING ACTIVITY/INTERNSHIP 6 CREDITS - MASTER LEVEL - 6 credits - Student's own choice
TRAINING ACTIVITY/INTERNSHIP 9 CREDITS - MASTER LEVEL - 9 credits - Student's own choice
TRANSPORTATION TECHNIQUES AND ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Characterising
WATER AND WASTE TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN - 9 credits - Characterising

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Academic Year of provision:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Disciplinary Sector:

Maritime Hydraulic Construction and Hydrology

Language:

English

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

RANZI Roberto Professor

BARONTINI Stefano Collaborator

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

108

Hours of individual study:

117

It is requested that the student already passed a course in Hydraulics or in Environmental Hydraulics and, possibly, it is highly recommended he attended at least a course in Hydrology.

Educational Goals

The student will be able to compute the hydraulic and hydrologic load to hydraulic structures according to national and international standards on safety and environmental protection. Hydraulic aspects of reservoirs and dam design will be the subject of the first part of the course where the engineering design of all fundamental structures of dams will be investigated. The environmental compatibility of structures including minimum in-stream flow, risk analysis and flood hazard control will be assessed.
In the second part of the course river training and engineering works will be investigated, including flood retention basins, torrent control structures. Principles of design of hydropowerplant and pumping stations will complete the topics addressed by the course.

Content

Dam engineering
Design flood hydrograph for hydraulic structures. Risk analysis. Dam types, glossary, dam safety, civil protection and environmental legislation. Concrete dam engineering. Dam outlet works: spillways and bottom outlets. Energy dissipation. Dam safety: instrumentation and surveillance.
Other hydraulic structures
River engineering. Diversion works. Flood retention basins. Cross-drainage and drop structures. Hydroelectric power development. Pumping stations.

Extended Syllabus

Programme
Dam engineering
Design flood hydrograph for hydraulic structures. Risk analysis. Dam types, glossary, dam safety, civil protection and environmental legislation. Concrete dam engineering. Dam outlet works: spillways and bottom outlets. Energy dissipation. Dam safety: instrumentation and surveillance.
Other hydraulic structures
River engineering. Diversion works. Flood retention basins. Cross-drainage and drop structures. Hydroelectric power development. Pumping station

Recommended Bibliography

Textbook:
Novak, Moffat, Nalluri, Narayanan
HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES
Editor:Taylor and Francis, London, 4th edition
Course Lecture notes

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

3 to 5 hours/week of theory and 3 to 5 hours/week of classrom exercises.
Homework
Oral examination

Assessment Methods

Students have to attend and complete classroom exercises which will be completed as homework. Design criteria and computaion of some structures of dams and of river engineering structures including environmental impact mitigation measures will be collected in a written report delivered to the professor one week before the oral exam.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, September 15, 2014

End date of teaching period:

Friday, December 19, 2014

Other Information

A technical visit to a hydraulic structure is scheduled in th elast month of the course