Description: Hydraulics is a broad area with many sub disciplines. This class will focus on fundamental hydraulic principles as illustrated through laboratory experiments. Rather than attempting to cover the entire field, we will focus in detail surface water hydrology, groundwater hydrology, open channel flow, and flow in pipes. Hydraulics is very much a laboratory oriented course and cannot be properly learned in the absence of a laboratory. Laboratory exercises are featured prominently in the class and grading.

  Mastery of fundamental concepts will facilitate the student in learning more detailed hydraulics applications throughout his/her career. Although computer codes are frequently used in engineering practice to perform many of the calculations we will cover, the computer codes change with time whereas the fundamental principles upon which the codes are based do not change. The class will focus on fundamentals rather than cook book solutions.

The class is evolving toward being increasingly online. Links to the online materials are entered on the schedule below. Students are responsible for familiarity with all online exercises. Quantitative problems on tests will be limited to problems similar to homework problems and problems solved in class. Conceptual and fact questions will be drawn from reading and online assignments.

Laboratory 15%, 3 exams (3 × 25%), quiz/homework 10%. Laboratory grade includes attendance, active participation, and lab reports. Open book portions of tests allow one page of notes (both sides). Closed book portions allow one page of notes.  If a test is missed the final exam will serve as the makeup exam. Grade on the final exam will be used to replace the lowest prior exam score. The times on the syllabus will change during the semester depending upon where we are in class. However the test dates will not change. The student should clear test dates from work and other schedules in advance.

Examinations: During examinations all books, mobile phones, and notes are to be left along the wall at the front of the room. Only the allowed calculators, a one page 8.5x11 inch cheat sheet (one side), and the textbook with no inserts are allowed.

Allowed Calculators

The following will be the only calculators allowed in exams:

• Hewlett Packard –The HP 33s and HP 35s models, but no others.
• Casio –All fx-115 models. Any Casio calculator must contain fx-115 in its model name.
• Texas Instruments – Any Texas Instruments calculator must contain either TI-30X or TI-36X in its model name.

These are the same calculators that are currently being allowed in the Fundamental of Engineering (FE) and Professional Engineering (PE) exams (http://www.ncees.org/exams/calculators/). It is your responsibility to get acquainted with the features of the calculator you decide to use. I recommend that you use this calculator for all your work (including other courses) since this will help you learn how to use all the features of your calculator

Absence from laboratory exercises must be approved in advance.  Anyone retaking the class can accept last year's laboratory grade or retake the lab.

Internet Sites:

http://water.usgs.gov/realtime.html
http://water.usgs.gov/nwis/discharge                Flow data for streams in the US
http://water.usgs.gov/nsip/nsipnationalmap.html  
http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/GWRP.html                USGS Ground Water Information
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/atlasmap.html          USGS Maps
http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/                Ground Water Software
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/                                            Climate data.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/rcc.html

http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/hydraulics_lab/pubs/wmm/  Open Channel Flow Measurement

Other Links:

http://www.noaa.gov/
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
http://www.globe.gov/
http://www.weather.com/
http://water.usgs.gov/public/realtim.html
http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/
Runoff Calculations

Class will consist of a) generally brief lectures, b) solution of problems, and c) students working in groups on assigned exercises.

Quizzes: Quizzes will consist of: a) handing in assigned homework problems, b) working problems nearly identical to assigned homework, c) turning in class exercises, d) assigned homework

  Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities. Students who engage in scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the university. "Scholastic dishonesty included but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts." Regents' Rules and regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22. Since, scholastic dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the university, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. In short, cheating will not be tolerated.