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School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Now offering two distinct diplomas: Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Design of Hydraulic Structures

1. COURSE INFORMATION:

SchoolChemical and Environmental Engineering
Course LevelUndergraduate
DirectionEnvironmental Engineering
Course IDENVE 531Semester8th
Course CategoryRequired
Course ModulesInstruction Hours per WeekECTS

Lectures and Tutorials

3
T=2, E=1, L=0

3
Course TypeScientific area
Prerequisites 
Instruction/Exam LanguageGreek
The course is offered to Erasmus studentsNo
Course URLhttps//www.eclass.tuc.gr/courses/MHPER151/   (in Greek)

 

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

Hydraulic Works is a basic design course. The course aims at the introduction and practical application of water supply and sewerage concepts. Upon successful completion of the course, the student has acquired the following skills:

  • Ability to determine population levels according to planning period,
  • Ability to calculate water needs per type of use,
  • Ability to calculate flows and consumption fluctuation,
  • Ability to estimate values of external aqueduct
  • Ability to implement design principles,
  • Reservoir volume calculation,
  • Ability to identify suitable materials and dimensions of water and drainage pipes,
  • Ability to implement a Hardy-Cross method for supply network design,
  • Capability of estimating stormwater and wastewater design flow rates, return period, ID-F curves, velocities and slopes.
 
General Competencies/Skills
 
  • Practical understanding of concepts / theories
  • Advance free, creative  and causative thinking
  • Work in groups
 

3. COURSE SYLLABUS

 
  • INTRODUCTION TO HYDRAULIC WORKS
    • Water
    • Hydraulic installations
    • Water supply installations
    • Sewage installations
    • Drainage of rainwater
    • Sewage management
    • Pipes and assemblies
  • ESTIMATION OF SEWAGE WATER QUANTITIES
    • Volumes and flows
    • Requirements for housing units
    • Changes in daily water flows
    • Extinguishing flows
  • SUPPLY NETWORK DESIGN
    • Pipe systems and pump mains
    • serial and parallel pumps installations
    • network analysis using the Hardy - Cross method
  • DESIGN OF URBAN SEWAGE NETWORKS
    • Estimation of rainwaterl and wastewater flows
    • Hydraulics of sewers
    • Simulation of rainwater network operation
 

4. INSTRUCTION and LEARNING METHODS - ASSESSMENT

Lecture MethodDirect (face to face)

Use of Information and Communication Technology

 
  • E-class support.
  • Processing of time series datasets.
 
Instruction OrganisationActivityWorkload per Semester
(hours)
- Lectures24
- Study and analysis of the literature10
- Tutorials15
- Group project26
Course Total75

Assessment Method

Ι. Final exam (70%): problem solving

ΙΙ. Group project (Project) 30%.

5. RECOMMENDED READING

 
  • I. Tsanis, Hydraulic Works. Teaching notes, Design work and exercises, Technical University of Crete, School of Environmental Engineering, February 2018.
  • A. Efstratiadis and D. Koutsoyiannis, Notes of Typical Hydraulic Works - Part 2: Distribution Networks, Department of Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering - National Technical University of Athens, 2006
  • D. Koutsoyiannis, Notes on Urban Hydraulic Works - Part 2: Sewerage, Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering - National Technical University of Athens, Athens, 2000.
 

6. INSTRUCTORS

Course Instructor:Dr. A. Koutroulis (LTS - ChEnvEng)
Lectures:Dr. A. Koutroulis (LTS - ChEnvEng)
Tutorial exercises:Dr. A. Koutroulis (LTS - ChEnvEng)
Laboratory Exercises: