Hydraulic Engineering II

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Master Module of the Chair of Hydraulic Engineering

The course follows on from Hydraulic Engineering I module and covers the following topics in hydraulic engineering:

Hydraulic engineering, navigation

Watercourse restoration

Ecohydraulics

Boundary layer effects and theory
Turbulence phenomena and effects
Mechanisms of dissipation of hydraulic energy
Typification and classification of hydraulic resistances in open channels
Extended modular approaches for the determination of resistance of near-natural/heterogeneous water structures
Calculation methodology for the determination of discharge and water level in near-natural watercourse sections

Ethohydraulics

Fundamentals and approach of the discipline ethohydraulics
Examples of ethohydraulic research and findings
Fish ladders: requirements, types of facilities, dimensioning and planning, practical examples
Fish protection and descent: requirements, current state of knowledge and practical examples

Module number: 13-L2-M002
Creditpoints: 6CP
Docent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Boris Lehmann
Offered for: M.Sc. Environmental Engineering (PO14), B.Sc. Civil Engineering(PO14)
Prior knowledge: Hydraulic Engineering, Water management and Hydraulics Hydraulic Engineering I

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