Summary: | This course provides participants with the introductory hydraulics design principals necessary for the design of highway features including channels and culverts. The equations and methodologies required for highway hydraulic design are covered. This course will provide an overview of highway hydraulics and is a prerequisite course for the non-engineers or engineers that require a hydraulics refresher that plan on taking the PennDOT Culvert Design Procedures Course or the Highway Drainage Design Course.
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Learning Outcomes: | Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Recognize the principles of hydraulics and fluid flow including conservation of energy, conservation of mass and conservation of momentum.
2. Evaluate uniform flow in open channels and Manning’s equation and identify the principles of uniform flow depth in pipes and channels.
3. Review subcritical, critical and supercritical flow, a specific energy diagram and critical depth.
4. Identify gradually varied flow in open channels and pipes not flowing full utilizing the standard step principles.
5. Recognize pressure head, velocity head, datums, and friction losses relating to friction factors and Manning’s n values.
6. Identify the differences between water surface profiles in mild, steep, critical, horizontal and adverse slopes and calculate a water surface profile curve.
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Prerequisites: | An attendee must have an understanding of basic hydraulic engineering concepts.
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This is Prerequisite For: | This course is mandatory for those non-engineers that are registered to attend the PennDOT Culvert Design Procedures class.
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Target Audience: | PennDOT and consultant design engineers and maintenance personnel who are responsible for the design of channels and culverts for transportation facilities.
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Special Materials: | Students are required to bring a calculator to class with them.
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Final Exam: | No |
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