Description:

The course focuses on general understanding and conceptual design of hydraulic structures. Within the first part of the course, students will learn fundamentals of design and management of reservoirs, weirs on rivers and navigation structures, including locks and lifts. Second part of the course provides in depth view to dam engineering and hydropower. The course is suitable for both master and bachelor degree students and assumes basic knowledge of hydraulics and hydrology. The course is natural extension of the course Water and Environmental Engineering in terms of design and operation of hydraulic structures.

Contents:

1. Basic function and purposes of water reservoirs
2. Storage function of reservoirs
3. Flood-control function of reservoirs and storage function of reservoirs
4. Key design questions and documents; loading on hydraulic structures
5. Fixed and gated weirs, design, operation and assessment of hydraulic structures
6. Engineering fundamentals of inland waterways and navigation
7. Dams - description, construction types, design requirements
8. Concrete, earthfill and rockfill dams - foundation and technology
9. Appurtenant structures and construction processes
10. Energy, types of energy, conversion of water energy into electricity, transmission system, hydro-energetic potential
11. Head and Flow Concentration, Intake Structure, Powerhouse, Water Transmission
12. Hydropower equipment - turbines, valves, generators, control system
13. Reserve (Public Holiday, Consultations)

Seminar contents:

1. Environmental impacts of the hydraulic structures
2. Storage function of reservoirs
3. Flood-control function of reservoirs
4. Hydraulic design of a fixed weir or uncontrolled spillway
5. Hydraulic design of a gated weir
6. Design of a stilling basin
7. Stability assessment of a concrete gravity dam
8. Basic design and seepage analysis of an earthfill dam
9. Bottom outlets, tunnels and shaft spillways
10. Pump storage power plant calculation, unit recalculation
11. Calculating the annual production of a low-head power plant
12. Unit turbine characteristics, conversion to prototype size
13. Reserve - consultation; Public Holiday

Recommended literature:

Novak, P., Moffat, A.I.B., Nalluri, C. and Narayanan, R. 2007: Hydraulic Structures 4th ed.; Taylor & Francis
Tanchev, L. 2014: Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures, 2nd Ed.; CRC Press
Jansen, R.B. 1988: Advanced Dam Engineering - For Design, Construction and Rehabilitation; Van Nostrand Reinhold

Keywords:

hydraulic structure; dam; weir; channel; inland navigation; hydraulic engineering; hydropower

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar