Fluvial Morphodynamics (250910) – Course 2023/24 PDF
Syllabus
Learning Objectives
The principal objective of the present course is to introduce the student to new phenomena as river dynamics. The students learn how to evaluate the principal sediment transport characteritics models. The students learn and apply concepts threshold of motion, dynamic stability, flow regimen, local and general scour.
Total hours of student work
| Hours | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervised Learning | Large group | 25.5h | 56.67 % | |
| Medium group | 9.8h | 21.67 % | ||
| Laboratory classes | 9.8h | 21.67 % | ||
| Self Study | 80h | |||
Teaching Methodology
The subject consists of 4 hours per week of face-to-face classes in the classroom. Spend 2 hours in large group theory classes and 2 hours of practice. The rest of the weekly hours are dedicated to laboratory practices. Support material is used in the form of a detailed teaching plan through the ATENEA virtual campus: contents, schedule of assessment and directed learning activities and bibliography. Although the majority of sessions will be held in the language indicated in the guide, sessions supported by other guest experts from time to time may be held in another language.
Grading Rules
The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.
The mark of the course is obtained from the ratings of continuous assessment and their corresponding laboratories . Continuous assessment consist in several activities, both individually and in group, of additive and training characteristics, carried out during the year (both in and out of the classroom). The teachings of the laboratory grade is the average in such activities. The evaluation tests consist of a part with questions about concepts associated with the learning objectives of the course with regard to knowledge or understanding, and a part with a set of application exercises.
Office Hours
2 hours a week available in the office. Agreed time on the day the course begins.
Bibliography
Basic
- Henderson. Open Channel Flow. London: Macmillan series, 1966.
- Julien, P.Y. Erosion and sedimentation. 2nd ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780521537377.
- Sergio Montes. Hydraulics of open channels. ASCE press, 1998. ISBN 0-7844-0357-0.
- Serge Leliavsky. River and Channel Hydraulics. oxford ibh publishing, 1965. ISBN 0-412-07350-1.
- Julien, P.Y. River mechanics. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-52970-0.
- A.J. Raudkivi. Loose Boundary Hydraulics. pergamon press, ISBN 0-08-034073-3.
- Chanson, H. Environmental hydraulics of open channel flows. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004. ISBN 0750661658.