4 ECTS credits
110 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1004153BNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Inschrijvingsvoorwaarden voor Hydraulica: geslaagd zijn voor Analyse: afleiden, integreren, wisk software en ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor Mechanica van materialen, vloeistoffen en constructies, voor technologieproject Bouwkunde en voor ten minste 1 van de 3 overige technologieprojecten.
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Educational team
Gerlinde Lefever
Didier Snoeck (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The course starts with an explanation on how the basic physical conservation laws (mass, energy, momentum) can be used to describe the motion of water in rivers and conduit networks. Next, different flow conditions are described: uniform flow, permanent, gradually varied flow - with the calculation of backwater curves -, rapidly varied flow and non-permanent flow. Finally, an introduction to sediment transport and morphology and to water quality processes in rivers is provided.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Cursusnota's worden ter beschikking gesteld, Canvas
Additional info

Pointcarre Course notes are made available.

The course can be taught in a hybrid format (online/on-campus). 

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Examination requirements

The student knows and understands the basic principles and equations used in river hydraulics.
The student can apply the knowledge on uniform flow to design hydraulic structures.
The student can determine flow profiles in rivers
The student understands the principles that form the basis for unsteady flow models and is able to interprete the results of such models.
The student can explain the basic concepts of sediment transport, morphology and water quality in rivers.

Algemene competenties

The course contributes to the following programme outcomes of the Bachelor in Engineering Sciences:

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a broad fundamental knowledge and understanding of engineering principles and the ability to apply them to analyse key engineering processes and to investigate new and emerging technologies.

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a broad fundamental knowledge and understanding of integrated design methods according to customer and user needs with the ability to apply and integrate knowledge and understanding of other engineering disciplines to support the own specialisation engineering one.

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can define, classify, formulate and solve engineering problems,  identify the constraints and is able to delimit and formulate the tasks in order to submit these to a critical examination and to check the solutions for their sustainability and social relevance.

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can conduct open dialogues, discussions and negotiations, and can write scientific reports and to hold presentations using the most modern ICT technologies.

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences can work in team, shows creativity and entrepreneurship, and has intellectual mobility.

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has a creative, problem-solving, result-driven and evidence-based attitude, aiming at innovation.

The Bachelor in Engineering Sciences has more advanced fundamental knowledge and understanding of the behaviour of fluids and can apply this knowledge to solve basic engineering problems (LO19).

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 67% of the final mark.
PRAC Report determines 33% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 67% of the final mark.

    Note: Open boek voorbereiding (10 minuten), vervolgens gesloten boek. Tijdens het examen over de theorie wordt nagegaan of de student de begrippen goed onder de knie heeft en ook kan toepassen. Er wordt gevraagd naar begrippen, afleidingen van vergelijkingen, besprekingen en toepassingen die niet noodzakelijk in de nota's staan maar waarvoor de vereiste basis in de cursus werd behandeld.

Within the PRAC Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Evaluation of exercise reports with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 33% of the final mark.

    Note: Bij de evaluatie van de verslagen van de oefeningen wordt naast de kwantitatieve resultaten ook rekening gehouden met de zin voor synthese en analyse die uit het verslag blijkt en met de vormgeving. Het bijwonen van de oefeningensessies is verplicht. Bij afwezigheid zal de student 0/20 worden gequoteerd voor de betreffende oefening.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Open book preparation (10 minutes), followed by closed book examination.
Written and oral.


During the examination, it is assessed if the student understands the concepts and if the student can apply them. Questions relate to concepts, derivation of equations and applications. These must not necessarily be limited to what is stated in the notes, but will be based on the theory and exercises that have been discussed with the students during the course.

The evaluation of the exercise reports will be based on the quantitative results, by the sense of synthesis and analysis that is demonstrated by the student and on the general presentation aspects. The attendance of the exercise sessions is compulsory. In case of absence, the student will be graded 0/20 for the particular exercise.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering: Civil Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering: verkort traject bouwkunde na vooropleiding industriële wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Sustainable Land Management: Urban Land Engineering