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AE2601 Hydraulic Engineering 7.5 credits

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Headings with content from the Course syllabus AE2601 (Autumn 2007–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Concrete and embankment dams: design, stability computation, surveillance, dam safety. Spillways, energy dissipators, channels, tunnels: hydraulic design. Unsteady flow such as water hammer and surges. Numerical methods in fluid mechanics. Erosion: critical conditions, design of erosion protection. Hydropower plants: design, hydraulic computation, energy production.. Long and short term river regulation. Wind generated waves: wave mechanichs, computation of waves and wave forces.

Intended learning outcomes

After completion of the course the student shall: (i) Know and understand design principles for concrete and embankment dams and be able to perform stability computations for some of these dam types. (ii) Be able to perform hydraulic design of spillways and energy dissipators for dams and channels, tunnels and tubes (iii) Have computational ability regarding some types of unsteady flow iv ) Have basic knowledge about erosion and erosion protection v) Have knowledge about hydropower plants and river regulation vi) Have knowledge and computational ability regarding wave mechanics and wind generated wave.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Fluid Mechanics for Built Environment besides Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.

Recommended prerequisites

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Equipment

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Literature

Compendium produced by the department

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • ÖVN1 - Exercises, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

Approved written examination (TEN1; 3,5 cr ) and approved assignment course (ÖVN1; 4 cr)

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

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Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

Built Environment

Education cycle

Second cycle

Add-on studies

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Supplementary information

Inaktive since Autumn 2009