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River Engineering and Sediment Transport Mechanics Course Description

This document outlines a university course on river engineering and sediment transport mechanics. The course objectives are to describe river flow and sediment characteristics, analyze bed forms and flow relationships, study critical flow conditions and sediment transport rates, and evaluate human impacts on streams. Lectures will cover topics like open channel flow, watershed erosion, sediment transport processes, river engineering and management issues. Assessments include attendance, individual/group assignments, a midterm exam, and a final exam.

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River Engineering and Sediment Transport Mechanics Course Description

This document outlines a university course on river engineering and sediment transport mechanics. The course objectives are to describe river flow and sediment characteristics, analyze bed forms and flow relationships, study critical flow conditions and sediment transport rates, and evaluate human impacts on streams. Lectures will cover topics like open channel flow, watershed erosion, sediment transport processes, river engineering and management issues. Assessments include attendance, individual/group assignments, a midterm exam, and a final exam.

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University of Gondar (UoG)

School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering


Department of Hydraulic Engineering
HWRE River Engineering and Sediment
Course # Lecture # 001 Title Credit 3
6022 Transport Mechanics
Lecture
TBA
Venue

Name: Getachew Tegegne (Ph.D.) Semester: II

Lecturer E-mail: [email protected] Phone: NA

Technical Assistance: NA Pre-requisite: NA

 Describe the characteristics of flow and sediment in rivers


 Identify bed form types and determine stage-discharge relationships
 Determine critical flow conditions for bed load and suspended load transport within a stream
Course
 Calculate bed, suspended and total load transport rates in rivers
Objectives
 Understand sediment measuring techniques for bed and suspended loads
 Understand the impacts of certain human activities on streams and evaluate stream restoration
practices

 References
1. L.C. van Rijn (1993). Principles of sediment transport in rivers, estuaries, coastal seas and
oceans
2. Wilcock, P.; J. Pitlick, and Y. Cui (2009). Sediment transport primer: Estimating bed
Textbook material transport in gravel-bed rivers, Gen. Tech. Rep RMRS-GTR-223, 78 pp
and 3. Chih Ted yang (1996). Sediment transport: theory and practice. McGraw-Hill
References 4. Knighton, D. (1998). Fluvial forms and processes: A new perspective, Arnold London
5. Haan C.T., Barfield, B.J. and Hayes j.c. (1994). Design hydrology and sedimentology for
small catchments, academic press, inc., USA.
6. Chow, V.T. (1959). Open channel hydraulics, McGraw Hill, New York, USA

Attendance Individual A. Group A. Mid-Exam Final Exam TOTAL


Assessment
[Mandatory] 15% 15% 20% 50% 100%

 Ready for group assignment - Teamwork and active participation are required
Note  Flexible lecture contents
 Follow UoG’s assessment standards

Cheating
 O% for the given assessment item without any excuse
and
 Penalty by UoG’s regulations
Plagiarism
Lectures Lecture Contents Others

Introduction:
Lecture 1
o Introduction to sediment transport in rivers

River hydraulics:
o Overview of open channel flow
Lecture 2 o Conservation equations
o Types of open channel flow
o Estimating flow velocities & bed shear stress in rivers

Lecture 3 Watershed erosion concepts

Sediment transport:
o Suspended load
Lecture 4 o Bed load Individual Assignment (1)
o Total load
Detailed
Lecture Mid-Semester Examination
Schedule
Design of stable channels, bed sediment entrainment and
Lecture 5 Group Assignment (1)
transport

River engineering:
o Channel morphology
Lecture 6 Individual Assignment (2)
o Methods of river training

Lecture 7 River management issues

Lecture 8 Sediment samplers and sampling Individual assignment (3)

Lecture 9 Lake and reservoir sedimentation Bonus


Numerical modeling of sediment transport
Lecture 9 Group Assignment (2)
(GeoWEPP, SWAT, HECRAS, CCHED2D)

Lecture 10 Group presentation

Lecture 11 Final examination

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