Course detail

Selected parts of hydrotechnics

FAST-CR03Acad. year: 2011/2012

Design and assessment of safety and stability of weirs, dams and objects related to usage of hydropower.
Sediment load motion and stability of stream bank sides.
Weir gates construction.
Design parameters of water turbines of water power plant working in different operation regimes.
Hydraulic solution and research of devices of WPP and navigation canals.
Loading, calculation of object local and overall safety.
New constructional solution, reconstructions, modernizations and intensification hydro technical objects utilisation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jaromír Říha, CSc.

Department

Institute of Water Structures (VST-VST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of problems in hydrotechnical structures, which follows the information of bachelor study program of Civil engineeering.

Prerequisites

Courses related to water management - hydraulics, hydrology, structure foundation, earth mechanics, hydrotechnical structures, realisation of structures

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1.-3. Assessment of stability of weirs and dams and their underlay.
4.-6. Determination of design parameters of water power plant turbines. Hydraulic research and solution of individual functional elements of WPP
7.-8. Sediment load motion and stability of stream bank sides.
9.-10. Design and calculation of gates of movable weirs.
11. Environmental project of structure, continuity and relationships of design and natural conditions - legislation. New program products for design of hydro technical structures.
12. Downflow baffles fro oil products interception and measurements of discharges and volumes on streams and sewer systems.
13. Risks in water management, their determination and evaluation, influence on technical solution and economy of structure.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Studends gain more detailed knowledge of problems of hydrotechnical structures, which follows the information of bachelor study program of Civil engineeering.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Č. Štoll, S. Kratochvíl, M. Holata: Využití vodní energie. SNTL/ALFA, 1977. (CS)
M. Raplík, P. Výbora, K. Mareš: Úprava tokov. ALFA, 1989. (CS)
Sborníky ICOLD. ICOLD, 0. (EN)
V. Broža, J. Kratochvíl, P. Peter, L. Votruba: Přehrady. SNTL/ALFA, 1987. (CS)
Waltr Hans Graf: Hydraulics of sediment transport. Water Resources Publications, 1998. (EN)

Recommended reading

Bekseler, A.B.: Gidravličeskije rasčoty. Eněrgoatomizdat, 1988. (RU)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jaromír Říha, CSc.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jaromír Říha, CSc.