SEV322 - Hydrology and Hydraulics

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Offering information:

Available at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus from 2026

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: James Gong
Prerequisite:

SEM218

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

SEV222

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour seminar per week, 2 x 2 hour practical experiences (laboratories) per trimester.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning including a 1 x 1 hour seminar per week. Students are required to attend and participate in practical experience (laboratory) activities at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus for the scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive activities as detailed in the unit site.

Content

This unit will describe hydrological processes that are involved in earth’s natural water cycle and the influence of those processes on catchments and engineering structures. It also will describe the hydraulic behaviours observed in open channel flows. Further, the unit will help to identify, define and use hydrological processes in practical situations such as catchment water balance and hydraulic properties of flow in open channels when designing canals, sluice gates, energy dissipating structures etc. Classification of open channel flow surface profiles as well as measurements in a laboratory-scale flume will be carried out. Thus, this unit will provide knowledge to apply hydrology and hydraulic principles to real world engineering such as storm water management, water sensitive urban design, designing of irrigation channels etc.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Describe hydrological processes that are involved in earth's natural water cycle and the influence of those processes on catchments and engineering structures.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Identify, quantify and use hydrological processes in practical situations such as catchment water balance.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Describe the hydraulic behaviours observed in open channel flows.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Identify, define and use hydraulic properties of flow in open channels when designing canals, sluice gates and energy dissipating structures.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Apply hydrology and hydraulic principles to real world civil engineering problems such as storm water management and design and analysis of open channels.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Online quizzes
Four online quizzes (multiple choice, multi-select, arithmetic) 20% (4 x 5%) Weeks 3, 5, 8, and 10
Assessment 2
Problem solving tasks
Two problem solving tasks (hydraulics and hydrology) 60% (2 x 30%) Weeks 6 and 11
Assessment 3
Laboratory reports
Two individual scientific written reports for the hydraulic and hydrological practicals, respectively (1500 word maximum each) 20% (2 x 10%) Scheduled submission dates

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve a mark of at least 50% in the combined practical experience (laboratory) reports.

Learning Resource

Prescribed text(s): Subramanya, K., Flow in Open Channels, 2019, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, Chennai, India (available as an e-Book in the Deakin Library).

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEV322

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. A future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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