INS 435 - River Hydraulics

Course Objectives

1. Sedimentation properties of river structures
2. structural effects of sediment movement
3. definition of sedimentation as a desing parameter for river structures

Course Description

Introduction. Problems of river hydraulics. Initiation of sediment motion. Flowregimes and ripples. Bed load, suspended load and total load computations.Design of stable channels. Erosion and deposition problems. River regulationsand bank protection. Navigation.