Overview
In this unit you will be introduced to the basic principles of hydraulics and hydrology used in civil and environmental engineering. You will apply the concepts of conservation of mass, momentum and energy. You are also introduced to flow measurements, physical modelling of hydraulic systems, and pump selection to suit given applications. The unit requires you to solve problems, prepare basic designs, and describe the construction and maintenance of pipe and open channel systems. You are introduced to monitoring and analysis of the basic components of the hydrologic cycle including rainfall, evapotranspiration, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater. In completing these tasks, you must use appropriate technical language in written communication and work individually and in teams to solve problems. Students enrolled in distance mode are required to attend a compulsory Residential School.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: (MATH11218 Applied Mathematics or MATH11160 Technology Mathematics) AND (ENEG11006 Engineering Statics or PHYS11184 Engineering Physics A or ENAG11005 Mechanics)
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Students Course Evaluation and Self-reflection
Positive feedback on on-line quizzes that motivated students to learn and enhanced engagement.
The weight of the quizzes will be increased from 20% to 30% to allow more and varied questions, thus enhancing engagement.
This was re-evaluated and left at 20%.
Feedback from Students Course Evaluation
Positive feedback on Moodle site, structure, resources and assessment items.
These aspects will remain unchanged.
These aspects will remain unchanged.
Feedback from Students Course Evaluation
Some students were not happy about the minimum 50% of examination marks required to pass the course, although their overall percentage mark were higher than 50%.
This condition will be kept as it is the only component of the assessment items that is guaranteed to be the students' own work.
This condition was relaxed this year and, thus, the overall performance improved. I prefer a consensus on this issue across all units.
Feedback from Students Course Evaluation
Only a few chapters of the textbook "Water-Resources Engineering by David A. Chin" was used for this course so there was no need to purchase.
The textbook "Water-Resources Engineering by David A. Chin" will be indicated as a reference textbook but it is used for the two third years courses of "ENEC14017 Water Resources Engineering" and "ENEC13014 Water Supply and Wastewater Technology".
The textbook "Water-Resources Engineering by David A. Chin" was indicated as a reference textbook and a few students purchased it as they saw the benefit of using it for the two other units.
Feedback from Students Course Evaluation
Re-scheduling of laboratory sections at campuses outside Rockhampton due to late arrival of some equipment.
All equipment for laboratory sections will be tested to make sure sections are run on schedule.
All equipment for laboratory sections were tested before scheduled sessions without any problems.
- Apply standard techniques, computational tools, and data used by engineers in conducting hydraulics analysis
- Solve problems involving combinations of basic hydraulic systems including pipes, pumps and open channels
- Explain the key components of the hydrologic cycle, and how they are monitored and analysed
- Determine runoff from rainfall and groundwater discharge from aquifers under specified conditions
- Prepare team technical reports based on thorough analysis of laboratory data and use of Civil Engineering language
All the learning outcomes are linked and comply with the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 15% | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 15% | |||||
| 4 - Practical Assessment - 10% | |||||
| 5 - Examination - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Practical Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 5 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Understanding Hydraulics
Third Edition (2011)
Authors: Les Hamill
Palgrave Macmillan UK - Academic
printed in China
ISBN: 9780230242753
Binding: Paperback
Water-Resources Engineering
Third Edition (2013)
Authors: David A. Chin
Pearson
Harlow Harlow , UK
ISBN: 9780273785910
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
ebook version of Understanding Hydraulics is available.
Water-Resources Engineering textbook is supplementary and may not be purchased. Only a few chapters are relevant for this course. However, it will serve as a useful reference textbook for ENEC13014 (Water Supply and Wastewater Technology) and ENEC14017 (Water Resources Engineering). ebook version of Water-Resources Engineering textbook is downloadable (via VitalSource).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
y.gyasi-agyei@cqu.edu.au
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Hydrostatics I
hydrostatic pressure; forces on immersed surfaces
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Hydrostatics 2
pressure Measurements; stability of floating bodies
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Fluid Flow Concepts
continuity, momentum and energy equations; flow measurements
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Pipe Flow
basic equations, branching, and parallel pipelines; pipe friction and minor head losses
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Open Channel Flow 1
uniform flow; specific energy and critical depth
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Quiz 3 Due 14-04-2017, 6pm
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Open Channel Flow 2
flow transition, rapid varied non-uniform steady flow; hydraulic jump
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Hamill: Chapter 8
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Assessment 1 Due: Week 6 Friday (21 Apr 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
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Assessment 2 Due: Week 12 Monday (29 May 2017) 10:00 am AEST
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1 Online Quiz(zes)
The weekly online quizzes have a total of 20% weight of the final grade, and cover LO1, LO2, LO3 and LO4. The main characteristics of the quizzes are:
- every week will have two short calculated questions;
- on each attempt, all questions for the week must be answered and the maximum score of all attempts will be used;
- each student will use different variables to solve the same questions, the variables changing on each attempt with different correct numerical responses;
- students are allowed to attempt the questions as many times as possible without a penalty;
- most of the questions will be discussed in the tutorial classes;
- feedback is immediate as to whether the correct or wrong answer has been entered but no detailed information is given on the processes; and
- students are free to discuss the quizzes questions with the lecturer at any time using the Moodle course forum posts.
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Weekly
Students are given Two weeks to complete each Week's online Quiz.
Feedback is immediate as to whether the correct or wrong answer has been entered.
Only a single numerical answer is required per question.
All Quiz questions carry equal weight, 1 mark per question.
- Apply standard techniques, computational tools, and data used by engineers in conducting hydraulics analysis
- Solve problems involving combinations of basic hydraulic systems including pipes, pumps and open channels
- Explain the key components of the hydrologic cycle, and how they are monitored and analysed
- Determine runoff from rainfall and groundwater discharge from aquifers under specified conditions
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Written Assessment
This assessment task is designed to allow for students’ demonstration of their understanding of the topics covered during the first five weeks and covers LOs 1 and 2. It carries 15% of the final grade. The questions require demonstration of adequate presentation of hydraulics problems, and the topics may include:
· determination of forces on inclined planes and curves surfaces;
· stability of floating bodies;
· pipe flow and
· open channel flow.
Assignment questions will be available in Moodle course website at the start of the term.
Week 6 Friday (21 Apr 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Two weeks after submission due date.
Each question will be assessed using three key criteria.
- problem formulation which covers clarity of the data given, clarity of the desired result, and assumptions stated;
- solution process which covers presentation of appropriate diagrams, statement of the principles and formulas in the correct order, presentation of all necessary steps in the analysis in the correct order, clear presentation of workings with links to the desired results, and use of correct units;
- accuracy and correct results.
- Apply standard techniques, computational tools, and data used by engineers in conducting hydraulics analysis
- Solve problems involving combinations of basic hydraulic systems including pipes, pumps and open channels
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Written Assessment
This assessment task is in a similar vein as Written Assessment 1 with the exception that the questions are on different topics, and also contributes 15% of the final grade. It is designed to demonstrate whether students have understood the topics covered from Weeks 7 to 11, and addresses LOs 2, 3 and 4. The questions may include the following topics:
- dimensional analysis
- pumps and turbines
- hydrological processes: rainfall, runoff.
Assignment questions will be available in Moodle course website by the end of Week 5.
Week 12 Monday (29 May 2017) 10:00 am AEST
Two weeks after submission due date.
Each question will be assessed using three key criteria.
- problem formulation which covers clarity of the data given, clarity of the desired result, and assumptions stated;
- solution process which covers presentation of appropriate diagrams, statement of the principles and formulas in the correct order, presentation of all necessary steps of the analysis in the correct order, clear presentation of workings with links to the desired results, and use of correct units;
- accuracy and correct results.
- Solve problems involving combinations of basic hydraulic systems including pipes, pumps and open channels
- Explain the key components of the hydrologic cycle, and how they are monitored and analysed
- Determine runoff from rainfall and groundwater discharge from aquifers under specified conditions
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
4 Practical Assessment
The practical assessment task contributes 10% of the final grade. The objective of this assessment item is to assess students’ ability to relate the practical knowledge with the course learning outcomes. There will be 5 experiments:
- centre of pressure
- stability of floating bodies
- turbulent flow in pipes
- centrifugal pump and
- open channel
Students will work in teams and rotate their roles as team leaders. Coordination of all information to prepare the final laboratory report is the responsibility of the team leader of that experiment. LOs 1, 2 and 5 will be addressed by the practical assessment task. However, there is particular emphasis on LO5 dealing with team work and preparation of technical reports based on thorough analysis of laboratory data and use of Civil Engineering language. Students enrolled in distance mode will carry out the experiments during the compulsory Residential School. There will be weekly schedule for on-campus students.
One week after the experiment.
Two weeks after submission due date.
The laboratory reports are assessed using these key criteria:
- presentation of the data;
- analysis of the results;
- discussion of the results including comparison of the experimental and theoretical values;
- conclusions.
- Apply standard techniques, computational tools, and data used by engineers in conducting hydraulics analysis
- Solve problems involving combinations of basic hydraulic systems including pipes, pumps and open channels
- Prepare team technical reports based on thorough analysis of laboratory data and use of Civil Engineering language
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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