CVEN40080 Hydraulic Engineering Design

Academic Year 2024/2025

The Course covers the background and practical implementation of engineering design methods in the following five areas:
Hydrologic Design
Stormwater Drainage Design
River Engineering
Dam Ancillary Works
Coastal Engineering

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Understand the relationships between probability, risk and return period and their implications for design specifications
2. Calculate the required design flood peak for any given return period and storm duration.
3. Where appropriate, calculate the complete design hydrograph.
4. Calculate the appropriate dimensions of a culvert or bridge opening to pass safely the design flood within the allowable freeboard
5. Prescribe the most appropriate flood protection measures, either structural or non-structural, for a given situation.
6. Using a computer model, compute the performance of the hydraulic flood protection measures in terms of water levels, discharges and risk (return periods)
7. Calculate the appropriate dimensions for the spillway, chute and stilling basin of a dam
8. Understand the principles governing the movement of plumes in water bodies
9. Specify appropriate dimensions for sea outfalls and risers.

Indicative Module Content:

Hydrologic Design:
• Causes of floods;
• Estimation of magnitudes and frequency of peak flows;
• Flood hydrographs;
• Designing for flood protection
Stormwater Drainage Design
• Urban development
• Urban drainage systems
• Planning and environmental requirements
• Design of Culverts
• Flood attenuation design (retention and detention basins)
• Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS)
River Engineering
• Computer modelling of floods in rivers
• Flood protection - hydraulic options
• Hydraulic structures
• Overbank flows
• Environmental considerations
Dam Ancillary Works
• Spillways
• Chutes
• Energy dissipation
Coastal Engineering
• Types of wave
• Wave breaking, runup
• Design of sea outfalls

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

36
Autonomous Student Learning

84
Total

120
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures
Group Work
Student Presentations
Seminar
Online Lectures 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Knowledge of Hydrology is recommended.

Learning Recommendations:

Knowledge of open channel flows theory is recommended.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Additional Information:
not be be scheduled at same time as: CVEN40230 CVEN40570


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Individual Project: Individual Project where the students are required to build a hydraulic model for a given area and explore impacts of climate change and flood migitation measures and present their results. Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

50

 No
Exam (In-person): Two hour in-person exam at end of trimester. End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

50

 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on activities needed to complete the indivdual project will be provided through-out the trimester both individually and to the class as deemed necessary. Feedback on the final presentation and report will be through rubrics.

Name Role
Dr Fiachra O'Loughlin Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor John O'Sullivan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer