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CEE 551 - Open-Channel Hydraulics

Last offered Fall 2021

Official Description

Advanced hydraulics of free surface flow in rivers and open channels; discussion of theory, analytical and numerical solution techniques, and their applications to gradually and rapidly varied nonuniform flows, unsteady flow, and flow in open-channel networks. Course Information: Prerequisite: CEE 451.

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Subject Area

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Description

This course covers advanced hydraulics of free surface flow in rivers and open channels; discussion of theory, analytical and numerical solution techniques, and their applications to gradually and rapidly varied non-uniform flows, unsteady flow, and flow in open-channel networks.

Credit Hours

4 hours

Prerequisites

Undergraduate degree and a course in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (CEE 451).

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Open-Channel HydraulicsONL43785ONL41600 - 1720 T R     Marcelo H. Garcia
Open-Channel HydraulicsRS63663LCD41600 - 1720 T R  2015 Civil Eng Hydrosystems Lab  Marcelo H. Garcia