AE2608 Engineering Hydrology and Climate 7.5 credits
This course has been discontinued.
Last planned examination: Spring 2020
Decision to discontinue this course:
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Course contents
Fluid properties. Hydrostatic pressure. The continuity, energy and momentum principles.
Flow in pipes: friction and local losses, systems with pipes and reservoirs
Open channel flow: uniform and non uniform flow, critical flow
Flow measurement, discharge over weirs
Ground water flow: Darcy´s law, hydraulics of wells
The hydrological cycle
Pecipitation, evaporation, infiltration
Surface water: direct runoff, steamflow hydrographs, the unit hydrograph
Hydrologic statistics: frequency analysis, hydrologic design
Intended learning outcomes
The overall aim of the course is to give i) an introduction to basic principles and theories and computational ability in fluid mechanics ii) fundamental knowledge about the processes in the hydrologic cycle. After the course you should be able to:
-Describe and explain the basic concepts in in fluid mechanics
-Solve problems dealing with hydrostatic pressure, flow in pipes and open channels and ground water flow
-Describe and explain the processes in the hydrologic cycle and the influence
of the climate
-Solve problems dealing with water balance, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, hydrographs and statistical methods
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Literature
Presented on the course home page three months before the course start
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- TEN1 - Examination, 4.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- ÖVN1 - Assignments, 3.5 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
Written examination (TEN1; 5,5 hp) assignments (ÖVN1; 2 hp)
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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.
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Supplementary information
Disused from VT17