Welcome to ENGR 418

Welcome to Engineering 418: Applied Hydraulics. This course will cover topics including pipe networks; transient pipe flow; hydroelectric power, open channel flow; storm water detention, irrigation, drainage, culverts and flood control. We will use numerical methods for hydraulic analysis. Since this is an engineering design course there will be engineering design applications and a course design project.

This course will integrate lecture, discussion, student projects, wet labs and outdoor field activities. It will require active learning on your part. If you have any type of disability that may hamper your full participation in these activities, please inform me as soon as possible so that we can make the appropriate accommodations. Check out the Student Disability Resource Center (http://sdrc.humboldt.edu/) for more information on the services provided at HSU.

We will be going on a four-day field trip in this course beginning on Thursday, September 20, 2001. There will be costs associated with this field trip for food and lodging. The dates of this field trip are shown on your course schedule. Please contact me immediately if you have a conflict with these dates.

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Prerequisites

The prerequisites for this course are Engr 333, Fluid Mechanics and Engr 321, Computational Methods for Engineers II. You will be responsible for knowing the concepts taught in these courses. If you have not successfully passed these courses prior to this semester, it will be very difficult to do well in this class.

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Text

Students should purchase Water Resources Engineering, First Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc by Larry Mays.. There are also several books on reserve in the library. Students will be expected to conduct library research for information related to their design project. A good fluid mechanics textbook will also be a useful reference book for this class.

Students may wish to purchase Computer Applications in Hydraulic Engineering, Third Edition, Haestad Press. This book can be ordered on-line at www.haestad.com or purchased at the HSU bookstore. This text includes an academic version of the Haestad computer programs which may prove useful in your design projects.

Supplemental reading materials will be made available via the web or handouts. Students will be expected to provide incidental materials (such as floppy disks, maps and presentation materials) as needed throughout the course

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Course Format

The course consists of two 50-minute recitation sessions and one 3-hour lab per week.

You are expected to attend and participate in all class sessions. You are expected to complete the assigned reading prior to the date indicated in the class schedule, to do all homework assignments, and to participate fully in the team activities. Your fellow students may help evaluate your performance on the team activities. Attendance at all laboratory sessions is mandatory.

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Lecture Notes

For some lectures, supplemental lecture notes will be made available. Notes may be accessed using anonymous FTP on redwood. Files are Word documents located in my redwood FTP directory which is yet to be created. Stay tuned for more information here.

Notes are available for downloading 2-3 days before class and their availability will be announced in class or over email.

Open Channel Flow Notes

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Laboratories

Attendance at all laboratory sessions is mandatory. If you will miss a lab session, you must contact me {preferably in advance} to arrange a make up or alternate exercise. Failure to do so will result in a grade penalty.

Makes-ups will only be given in extraordinary situations that are verifiable and well documented. The reason for missing work must be substantial and quite beyond the student’s control. Not many excuses are accepted. I will decide whether an excuse is acceptable. One criterion for acceptance of any excuse will be its timeliness. Therefore, whenever possible, inform me before the missed work is due.

Lab Problems for 9/6/01
Lab Problem for 10/04/01
Specific Energy Lab due 11/06/01
Midsemester Evaluations

Design Project Evaluation Schedule Thursday, December 13, 2001

Present During First Hour: Evaluate During First Hour:

Jason Jennifer and Adrian

Scott Carson

Geno & Jarrett Nino and Ben

Tom Eric

Michael Julia

Paden Mery

Present During 2nd Hour: Evaluate During 2nd Hour:

Eric Jason

Mery and Jennifer Paden and Mike

Nino and Ben Scott

Julia Tom

Adrian and Carson Geno and Jarrett

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Computer Access

You must use a computer account for this class. You will be expected to access class materials (notes, lecture outlines, syllabus...) from my public accounts. Email is also a very efficient and convenient way to ask questions about the course and course materials and its use is encouraged.

I will often communicate with you via Electronic Mail (EMAIL). Check your EMAIL account often for relevant information on the course. Normally I will respond to any messages within 24 hours during the regular school week. Short questions can be answered electronically very promptly by EMAIL. Either you or your instructor may use EMAIL to make an appointment for a face-to-face discussion.

A suggestion: Send a copy of any important EMAIL to yourself as well as to the instructor. Keep the copy on until you know that the instructor has received it. That way, you can show when and to whom your EMAIL was sent.

ALL HSU students have accounts 3 computers:

humboldt.edu (email)
redwood.humboldt.edu (ftp and some computing)
sorrel.humboldt.edu (WWW server)

Environmental resources engineering students should also receive an account on for the Computer Lab in SD 15.

Each of these systems uses the Unix operating system (OS), so you should start becoming familiar with this OS as soon as possible. Here are some links that might help you.

On line HELP for HSU students, staff and faculty.
On-line Unix help and tutorials
Unix Reference Desk

Pine Information Center Learn more about the HSU email system: pine. Pine was developed at the University of Washington.

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Grading

The graded components of the course contribute to the final grade as follows:

30%     Quizzes
30%     Homework and Labs
40%     Design Project

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Quizzes, Exams, Projects

There will be five quizzes or group design problems throughout the semester. These activities will be given during the lab period and you should be able to complete them in the lab period. I will drop your lowest quiz/problem score.

There will either a homework assignment or a laboratory write-up due every week.

There will be one semester long design project. This project will have both written and oral components - all students will participate in one or more presentations to colleagues. Design projects will be an individual effort.

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Assignment Policies

All work must be handed in by 5 p.m. on the day it is due. Class will start promptly, and NO MATERIAL MAY BE HANDED IN WHILE THE CLASS IS IN SESSION. The student is reminded that homework assignments are considered an essential component of class participation and will therefore have an impact on the final grade.

All homework assignments should be neat and legible. Typewritten products, unless specified are required. Allow room between problems for comments. Use graph paper for all graphs unless they are computer-generated. Do not submit pages with ragged "tear-out" edges from spiral notebooks. Staple all pages together - do not use paper clips. Mistakes should be erased or painted over with "white out", not simply crossed out. I may deduct credit for sloppily prepared homework or refuse to accept it.

I encourage questions about homework assignments and will offer help in office hours or by email.

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Unauthorized Collaboration

In attempting to cope with the various aspects of this course, the sharing of ideas will often be educationally useful. Part of my teaching philosophy is to encourage students to learn from one another and to help fellow students to learn. The team projects illustrate the collaborative approach.

Collaboration on homework is authorized provided that it is done in the spirit of mutual learning and sharing of ideas. When this occurs, you should indicate the names of all persons with whom you collaborated. The copying of someone else’s work or ideas and representing them as your own is unethical and prohibited. As in most, if not all issues involving ethical considerations, it may be hard to know where to draw the line. If you do not give the names, I will presume the collaboration is copying, not mutual learning. If you do collaborate, it must be noted and you are still responsible for understanding all the material.

In the context of developing computer programs and solutions to homework, it is okay to discuss the problem statement and objectives, applicable theories and concepts, and desired results. Unless otherwise directed by your instructor, it is NOT acceptable to develop computer solutions in collaboration with other students.

If you have not already done so, it would be useful to read the official HSU Student Code of Conduct
( http://www.humboldt.edu/~studaff/judaff/html/conductcode.html) and HSU’s policy of academic honesty (http://www.humboldt.edu/~studaff/judaff/html/honesty.html).

I expect all students to abide by the Code of Conduct. Violations of Academic Honesty will result in a grade of F for the course.

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Homework and Lab Assignments

Due Date                   Assignment
8/30/01                        Review Problem with Solution
9/07/01                        Preliminary Proposal for Design Project
9/07/01                        Review Problems (2 hours worth of the problems)
                                    2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3,2.1.4,2.2.1,2.2.2,2.4.1,2.4.2,2.4.8,2.7.1,2.8.1,2.8.4,3.2.1,3.3.1,3.4.1,3.5.1,3.5.2,3.5.3,3.5.4,3.5.5
9/11/01                        Hw problems from Chapter 4:4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.1, 4.5.1
9/17/01                        Review Problems (2 hours worth) work problems that are most useful to you from ch. 2 and 3
9/27/01                        HW problems 13.2.1, 13.2.2
9/28/01                        Trip Memo (check your email for details)
10/01/01                      Final Project Proposal (should include a clear statement of your objective and literature review).
10/09/01                      12.2.1, 12.2.2, 12.2.5, 12.2.8, 12.2.9, 12.2.10
10/16/01                      Pump selection Lab
10/30/01                      Pipe Network Problem
11/06/01                      Specific Energy Lab write-up
11/08/01                      HW 5.1.1, 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.2.3, Verify formulas for a circular channel from Table 2-1 on class handout
11/09/01                      Draft of Methodology Section for Design Project
11/16/01                      GVF analysis and Problem set on GVF
11/29/01                      Working Model for Design Project
12/6/01                        HW 15.2.1, 15.2.6

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Links to Other sites on Hydraulics

Potter Valley Overview Document

Larry Mays website (includes an Errata with corrections for our textbook)

Class Corrections

Highlights on the History of Hydraulics

Dr. Hubert Chanson's Photo Gallery of Hydraulic Structures

Big Rock Power in Willow Creek

Field Trip Photos

Fish Passage Photos

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Last Updated: June 2001