WR 812
Course Name:
River Engineering and Sediment Transport
Programme:
M.Tech(WREM)
Category:
Elective Courses (Ele)
Credits (L-T-P):
3(3-0-0)
Content:
- Watershed erosion and yield modeling concepts.
- Hydraulics of loose boundary channels; sediment transport (suspended load, bed load and total load); Dispersion and diffusion in channels and fluid transport of contaminants.
- Aggradations and degradation problems; local scour and its protection measures; special alluvial problems.
- Design of stable channels.
- River engineering: channel morphology, methods of river training.
References:
Mays L.W., Water resources engg,John Wiley,USA,2001.
Chow. V.T., Open channel hydraulics, McGraw Hill,1959.
AndreRrobber.River processes:An introduction to alluvial dynamics,Arnold,London,1995.
Department:
Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics
