River Engineering

In the last few decades, water demand in the globe has increased in many folds. Rivers,one of the major source of water demand for domestic, agricultural, and industrial uses, are often not utilized properly for long-term sustainability. Therefore, it is a challenging task for engineers for understanding water, sediment and energy transport processes in rivers in both spatial and temporal scales.This course will address how to understand and model hydro-fluvial processes and designing of advanced river intervention structures.INTENDED AUDIENCE :Undergraduate Students in Different Engineering CollegesPREREQUISITES : Not ApplicableINDUSTRIES SUPPORT :None

Week 1:PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND EQUATIONS o Dimensions and units o Properties of water and sediment o River flow kinematics o Conservation of mass o Equations of motion o Hydraulic and energy grade linesWeek 2:STEADY FLOW IN RIVERS o Steady river flow o Steady-nonuniform river flow oSediment transport in riversWeek 3:UNSTEADY FLOW IN RIVERS o River continuity equation oRiver momentum equations o River flood waves o Loop-rating curves o River flood routing o River flow and sediment-duration curvesWeek 4:RIVER EQUILIBRIUM o Particle stability o Channel stability o Regime relationships o Equilibrium in river bends o Downsteam hydraulic geometry o Bars in alluvial rivers o River meandering o Lateral river migrationWeek 5:RIVER DYNAMICS o River dynamics o Riverbed degradation o Riverbed aggradation o River confluences and branches o River databasesWeek 6:RIVER STABILIZATION AND RIVER TRAINING WORK o Riverbank stability o Riverbank riprap revetment o Riverbank protection o River flow-control structures o River training along braided rivers.Week 7:RIVER ENGINEERING o River flood control o River closure o Canal headworks o Bridge scour o Navigation waterwaysWeek 8:RIVER MODELLING o Rigid-bed model o Mobile-bed river models o Finite-difference approximations o One-dimensional river models o Multidimensional river models