CE 422 Design of Diversion Weirs

Credit Structure: (2-2) 3

Catalog Description:
Planning for water resources development. Characteristics and planning of diversion weirs. Water intake from rivers. Hydraulic design of intake, spillway, sluiceways, energy dissipation basin, sidewalls, diversion facility. Gated weirs.

Course Objectives:
• To give basic concepts of planning in water resources systems with emphasis to diversion weirs
• To give information about universally accepted specifications and codes,
• To enable students to use basic information in design applications of diversion weirs.
 

Prerequisites:
CE 471 or consent of the department

Textbook(s):
“Design of Diversion Weirs” Baban, R., Wiley, 1995.

Reference(s):
“Applied Water Resources Engineering” Yanmaz, A. M., METU Press, Second Ed., 2001

Syllabus:
• Introduction (4 hours)
    - Scope of the course
    - Ethics, professional responsibility and legal issues for civil engineers
• Planning for Water Resources Development (3 hours)
    - Definition of planning
    - Phases of planning
    - Environmental considerations in planning
    - System analysis in water resources planning
• Characteristics and Planning of Diversion Weirs (4 hours)
    - Classification of diversion weirs
    - Types and characteristics of intakes
    - Fundamentals of planning for diversion weirs
    - Site investigation
    - Topographic surveys
    - Soil investigation
    - Hydrological analysis
• Hydraulic Design of Diversion Weirs (15 hours)
    - Water surface profile computations in rivers
    - Design of intake
    - Design of spillway and sluiceways
    - Design of energy dissipater
    - Design of appurtenant structural elements
    - Design of diversion facility
• Safety Analysis (2 hours)
    - Forces acting on diversion weirs
    - Critical cases to be analyzed
    - Safety computations against sliding, overturning, overstressing, uplift

Grading System:
20 % Midterm
20 % Assignments
20 % Progress Reports and Interim Evaluations
40 % Final Presentation and Report

Maximum Class Size and Student Quota:
50 for Department Students
None for Non-Department Students

Homeworks, Quizzes, Projects:
20 % of the Overall Grade

Computer Usage:
None

Laboratory Work:
None

Category Content:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: None
Engineering Design: 3
Engineering Sciences: None
Humanities & Social Sciences: None
Departmental: 3

Instructors:
Prof. Dr. Melih Yanmaz