Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D7: Finite Element Methods, 2017-18
Module Leader
Lecturers
Dr J Li and Dr G Wells
Lab Leader
Dr J Li
Timing and Structure
Lent term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Provide an introduction to the finite-element (FE) method, which is widely used to obtain numerical solutions to engineering problems.
- Explain the key ideas of the FE approach, covers its theoretical foundations, and presents some illustrative applications.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Develop the weak form of a governing equation for various problems.
- Explain the difference between strong weak formulations.
- Compute shape functions in one, two and three dimensions for different elements.
- Obtain the stiffness and mass matrices and the right-hand side vector for different elements.
- Explain the ideas and motivations behind isoparametric formulations.
- Apply numerical integration on different finite elements
- Assemble the stiffness and mass matrices for a mesh.
- Explain how to apply various loadings and boundary conditions.
- Generate suitable meshes for different problems.
- Set up a finite element mesh, apply appropriate boundary and solve the resulting system in a finite element program.
- Appreciate sources of errors associated with finite element analysis.
- Explain key features of different methods for time-dependent problems.
Content
Introduction to finite element analysis (1L Dr G.N. Wells)
- Overview and key ideas
- Modelling and applicability
Elastic rods and beams (3L Dr G.N. Wells)
- Strong and weak equations of equilibrium for rods
- Linear shape functions in one dimension
- Assembly and application of boundary conditions
- Construction of higher-order shape functions
- Euler beams and Hermitian shape functions
Membranes, heat conduction and elasticity in two and three dimensions (8L Dr J Li)
- Strong and weak formulations for membranes and heat conduction
- Shape functions for two and three dimensional elements
- Isoparametric mapping and numerical integration
- Application of boundary conditions
- Assembly of element matrices and vectors
- Stability considerations
- Generalisation to elasticity
- Aspects of solid modelling and meshing
Modelling issues (2L Dr G.N. Wells)
- Practical issues: element selection, what can go wrong, when does it not work?
- Errors and convergence
- Stress recovery and post-processing
Time dependent problems (2L Dr G.N. Wells)
Strategies for time-dependent problems
Coursework
Use of a finite-element package to solve a stress-analysis problem related to the experiment performed in Module 3C7.
[Coursework Title]
Learning objectives:
Practical information:
- Sessions will take place in [Location], during week(s) [xxx].
- This activity [involves/doesn't involve] preliminary work ([estimated duration]).
Full Technical Report:
Students [will/won't] have the option to submit a Full Technical Report.
Booklists
Please see the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references for this module.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US2
A comprehensive knowledge and understanding of mathematical and computer models relevant to the engineering discipline, and an appreciation of their limitations.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 03/08/2017 15:34
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D7: Finite Element Methods, 2018-19
Module Leader
Lecturers
Dr J Li and Prof G Wells
Lab Leader
Dr C Abadie
Timing and Structure
Lent term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Provide an introduction to the finite-element (FE) method, which is widely used to obtain numerical solutions to engineering problems.
- Explain the key ideas of the FE approach, covers its theoretical foundations, and presents some illustrative applications.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Develop the weak form of a governing equation for various problems.
- Explain the difference between strong weak formulations.
- Compute shape functions in one, two and three dimensions for different elements.
- Obtain the stiffness and mass matrices and the right-hand side vector for different elements.
- Explain the ideas and motivations behind isoparametric formulations.
- Apply numerical integration on different finite elements
- Assemble the stiffness and mass matrices for a mesh.
- Explain how to apply various loadings and boundary conditions.
- Generate suitable meshes for different problems.
- Set up a finite element mesh, apply appropriate boundary and solve the resulting system in a finite element program.
- Appreciate sources of errors associated with finite element analysis.
- Explain key features of different methods for time-dependent problems.
Content
Introduction to finite element analysis (1L Prof G.N. Wells)
- Overview and key ideas
- Modelling and applicability
Elastic rods and beams (3L Dr G.N. Wells)
- Strong and weak equations of equilibrium for rods
- Linear shape functions in one dimension
- Assembly and application of boundary conditions
- Construction of higher-order shape functions
- Euler beams and Hermitian shape functions
Membranes, heat conduction and elasticity in two and three dimensions (8L Dr J Li)
- Strong and weak formulations for membranes and heat conduction
- Shape functions for two and three dimensional elements
- Isoparametric mapping and numerical integration
- Application of boundary conditions
- Assembly of element matrices and vectors
- Stability considerations
- Generalisation to elasticity
- Aspects of solid modelling and meshing
Modelling issues (2L Prof G.N. Wells)
- Practical issues: element selection, what can go wrong, when does it not work?
- Errors and convergence
- Stress recovery and post-processing
Time dependent problems (2L Prof G.N. Wells)
Strategies for time-dependent problems
Coursework
Use of a finite-element package to solve a stress-analysis problem related to the experiment performed in Module 3C7.
[Coursework Title]
Learning objectives:
Practical information:
- Sessions will take place in [Location], during week(s) [xxx].
- This activity [involves/doesn't involve] preliminary work ([estimated duration]).
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report.
Booklists
Please see the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references for this module.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US2
A comprehensive knowledge and understanding of mathematical and computer models relevant to the engineering discipline, and an appreciation of their limitations.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 18/09/2018 11:43
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2023-24
Module Leader
Lecturer
Lecturer
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology and Water Resources (4L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Dr Borgomeo)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 3-8 (Prof D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Coursework
Labs on sediment motion will conducted in Inglis Building Structures Lab, which can be accessed through the big double doors on the Peterhouse roadway or through the corner of the Hydraulics Lab. Sign-up page (http://to.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/apps/cuedle/index.php?context=3D5) is activated at the start of Michaelmas. Lab reports should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodle page within 15 days after the experiment.
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Lab sessions will take place in the Structures Lab, Inglis Building Ground Floor, which is adjacent to the Robotics Lab.
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report. FTRs should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodel page.
Booklists
Please refer to the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references to this module, this can be found on the associated Moodle course.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 02/10/2023 11:24
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Hydraulics, 2025-26
Module Leader
Lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Introduce the basic topics in water resources, open channel flows and groundwater flows.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economic implications of water engineering and hydraulic engineering projects
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the water budget
- Promote nature-based and nature-friendly solutions to water-related problems
- Understand the soil properties and simple models of ground infiltration
- Determine the steady seepage patterns in the porous media
- Evaluate potentials, pore water pressures, and flow quantities in the ground by constructing flow nets
- Calculate the seepage below concrete dams and through embankment & earth dams
- Analyse topics on excavations and seepage, cofferdams and stability
- Draw parallels between groundwater flow and heat flow in porous media
- Understand river hydraulics
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
Content
Hydrology and Water Resources (3L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Dr Borgomeo)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Water resources
Groundwater, Seepage and Heat Flow in Granular media (8L), 2 lectures/week, weeks 2-6 (Prof SPG Madabhushi)
- Concept of porous media and bulk properties.
- Definitions of potential head, pressure head and pore pressure.
- Groundwater flow and seepage
- Theory of flow nets
- Anisotropic soils and flow nets
- Darcy's law and Hydraulic conductivity
- Laboratory and in situ measurements
- Seepage below concrete dams
- Seepage through embankments and earth dams
- Stability and seepage around excavations
- Coffer dams and their stability
- Fourier’s law and heat flow in porous media
- Parallels between ground water flow and heat flow
- Ground source heat pumps
- Storage and extraction of heat from ground
Open Channel Flows (5L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 6-8 (Prof D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in open channels
- Backwater curves
- Water surface profiles in non-uniform flows
Coursework
Labs on underground water and heat flow will take place in Inglis Building Structures Lab, which can be accessed through the big double doors on the Peterhouse roadway or through the corner of the Hydraulics Lab. Sign-up page (http://to.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/apps/cuedle/index.php?context=3D5) is activated at the start of Michaelmas. Lab reports should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodle page within 15 days after the experiment.
Learning objectives:
- Axi-Symmetric flow of ground water into a well boring
- Axi-Symmetric heat flow in saturated soil
Practical information:
- The Structures Lab is adjacent to the Robotics Lab.
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report. FTRs can be based on the 3D5 Lab or be an essay on any water engineering issues. FTRs should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodle page. More information on the possible FTR topics will be given in the first lecture.
Booklists
Please refer to the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references to this module, this can be found on the associated Moodle course.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 07/10/2025 02:46
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2024-25
Module Leader
Lecturer
Lecturer
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology and Water Resources (4L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Dr Borgomeo)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 3-8 (Prof D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Coursework
Labs on sediment motion will conducted in Inglis Building Structures Lab, which can be accessed through the big double doors on the Peterhouse roadway or through the corner of the Hydraulics Lab. Sign-up page (http://to.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/apps/cuedle/index.php?context=3D5) is activated at the start of Michaelmas. Lab reports should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodle page within 15 days after the experiment.
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Lab sessions will take place in the Structures Lab, Inglis Building Ground Floor, which is adjacent to the Robotics Lab.
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report. FTRs should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodel page.
Booklists
Please refer to the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references to this module, this can be found on the associated Moodle course.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 31/05/2024 07:29
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2017-18
Module Leader
Lecturers
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology (3L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Dr F. A. McRobie)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 2-8 (Dr D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Water/Waste Treatments (1L) 2 lectures/week,week 8 (Dr F. A. McRobie)
- Water treatment
- Wastewater treatment
Coursework
Sign up sheets and handouts will be available on the Inglis Building Mezzanine Floor at the start of the Term.
Sediment transport
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Sessions will take place in Room ISG-86 (Inglis Building Ground Floor, Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction).
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report.
Booklists
Please see the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references for this module.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 28/09/2017 13:10
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2022-23
Module Leader
Lecturers
Dr D. Liang and Prof F.A. McRobie
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology (3L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Prof FA McRobie)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 2-8 (Dr D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Water/Waste Treatments (1L) 2 lectures/week, week 8 (Prof FA McRobie)
- Water treatment
- Wastewater treatment
Coursework
Labs on sediment motion will conducted in Inglis Building Structures Lab, which can be accessed through the big double doors on the Peterhouse roadway or through the corner of the Hydraulics Lab. Sign-up page (http://to.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/apps/cuedle/index.php?context=3D5) is activated at the start of Michaelmas. Lab reports should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodle page within 15 days after the experiment.
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Lab sessions will take place in the Structures Lab, Inglis Building Ground Floor, which is adjacent to the Robotics Lab.
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report. FTRs should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodel page.
Booklists
Please refer to the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references to this module, this can be found on the associated Moodle course.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 02/10/2022 17:57
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2019-20
Module Leader
Lecturers
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology (3L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Prof F. A. McRobie)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 2-8 (Dr D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Water/Waste Treatments (1L) 2 lectures/week,week 8 (Prof F. A. McRobie)
- Water treatment
- Wastewater treatment
Coursework
Sign-up sheets will be posted on the Inglis Building Mezzanine Floor by 9am on Wednesday of Week 0.
Sediment transport
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Sessions will take place in Room ISG-86 (Inglis Building Ground Floor, Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction).
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report.
Booklists
Please see the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references for this module.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 27/10/2019 12:43
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2018-19
Module Leader
Lecturers
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology (3L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Prof F. A. McRobie)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 2-8 (Dr D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Water/Waste Treatments (1L) 2 lectures/week,week 8 (Prof F. A. McRobie)
- Water treatment
- Wastewater treatment
Coursework
Sign up sheets and handouts will be available on the Inglis Building Mezzanine Floor at the start of the Term.
Sediment transport
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Sessions will take place in Room ISG-86 (Inglis Building Ground Floor, Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction).
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report.
Booklists
Please see the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references for this module.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
Last modified: 03/08/2018 14:48
Engineering Tripos Part IIA, 3D5: Water Engineering, 2020-21
Module Leader
Lecturers
Lab Leader
Timing and Structure
Michaelmas term. 16 lectures and coursework.
Aims
The aims of the course are to:
- Explain some fundamental principles necessary for understanding the common water issues in the world.
- Cover the basic topics in practical hydrology, civil engineering hydraulics, turbulent mixing, and water/waste water treatments.
- Allow students to grasp essential concepts and procedures for analysing hydro-environmental processes and develop skills to solve practical water engineering problems.
- Highlight some of the most pressing water-related global challenges, such as freshwater scarcity, soil erosion, water quality deterioration and flooding, and stress the need for sustainable and integrated management of water resources.
Objectives
As specific objectives, by the end of the course students should be able to:
- Comprehend the scope of water-related topics in civil and environmental engineering
- Appreciate the environmental, social, political and economical implications of water engineering
- Understand the hydrologic cycle and the Earth’s water budget
- Understand simple models of infiltration
- Undertake simple rainfall-runoff calculations over small catchments
- Understand river hydraulics.
- Be aware of a wide range of hydro-environmental issues
- Understand the advective, diffusive, dispersive and reactive processes related to pollutant transports in uniform flows
- Evaluate the impact of large hydraulic engineering projects
- Solve steady flows using the equations of mass, energy and momentum conservations
- Analyse unsteady flows using the method of characteristics.
- Explain the cause of soil erosion and mitigation measures.
- Understand the mechanism of sand particle motion.
- Calculate the sediment transport rate and determine the bed regime.
- Select pipeline systems for water conveyance
- Make appropriate pump selections and design simple pumping systems
- Be aware of the principles and elements of water/wastewater treatments and the key engineering variables for their design
- Notice the limitations of the traditional water supply and sewage treatment systems in a sustainability context
Content
Hydrology (3L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 1-2 (Prof D Fenner)
- Global water issues
- Hydrologic cycle
- Unit hydrographs
Water/Waste Treatments (1L) 2 lectures/week,week 2 (Prof D Fenner)
- Water treatment
- Wastewater treatment
Open Channel Flows, Pollutant and Sediment Transports (12L) 2 lectures/week, weeks 3-8 (Dr D. Liang)
- Boundary layer and turbulence
- Flow resistance
- Steady flow in pipelines
- Water pollution
- Steady flow in open channels
- Pollutant advection,diffusion,dispersion and reaction
- Unsteady flow,flood routing and method of characteristics
- Sediment transport and bed form
- Pipeline systems
- Pumping systems
Coursework
Labs on sediment motion will conducted in Inglis Building Room ISG-86 in the second half of the Term. Sign-up page (http://to.eng.cam.ac.uk/teaching/apps/cuedle/index.php?context=3D5) will activated on Tuesday of Week 0. Lab reports should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodle page within 15 days after the experiment.
Learning objectives:
- To gain first-hand experience of open channel flow and sediment transport phenomena.
- To study the threshold condition under which sediments are moved. This condition separates the state of the clear-water flow over an immobile bed from the state where sediment transport and bed deformation take place.
- To investigate the relationship between the bed forms and the flow conditions. This is important because the bed forms have a significant impact on the bed roughness and thus the channel conveyance.
- To appreciate the local scour phenomena around underwater structures.
Practical information:
- Lab sessions will take place in Room ISG-86, Inglis Building Ground Floor, Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction (CSIC) corridor.
- This activity doesn't involve preliminary work, but it will be beneficial to read the handouts beforehand.
Full Technical Report:
Students will have the option to submit a Full Technical Report. FTRs should be submitted on the 3D5 Moodel page.
Booklists
Please refer to the Booklist for Part IIA Courses for references to this module, this can be found on the associated Moodle course.
Examination Guidelines
Please refer to Form & conduct of the examinations.
UK-SPEC
This syllabus contributes to the following areas of the UK-SPEC standard:
Toggle display of UK-SPEC areas.
GT1
Develop transferable skills that will be of value in a wide range of situations. These are exemplified by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Higher Level Key Skills and include problem solving, communication, and working with others, as well as the effective use of general IT facilities and information retrieval skills. They also include planning self-learning and improving performance, as the foundation for lifelong learning/CPD.
IA1
Apply appropriate quantitative science and engineering tools to the analysis of problems.
KU1
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of their engineering discipline, and its underpinning science and mathematics.
KU2
Have an appreciation of the wider multidisciplinary engineering context and its underlying principles.
D1
Wide knowledge and comprehensive understanding of design processes and methodologies and the ability to apply and adapt them in unfamiliar situations.
S1
The ability to make general evaluations of commercial risks through some understanding of the basis of such risks.
S3
Understanding of the requirement for engineering activities to promote sustainable development.
S4
Awareness of the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, health, safety, and risk (including environmental risk) issues.
E1
Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies.
E2
Ability to extract data pertinent to an unfamiliar problem, and apply its solution using computer based engineering tools when appropriate.
E3
Ability to apply mathematical and computer based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations of particular cases.
P1
A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments.
P3
Understanding of contexts in which engineering knowledge can be applied (e.g. operations and management, technology, development, etc).
US1
A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines.
US3
An understanding of concepts from a range of areas including some outside engineering, and the ability to apply them effectively in engineering projects.
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