CE 429 Water Supply Engineering Design

Credit Structure: (2-2) 3

Catalog Description:
Introduction. Pumps and valves. Water transmission by pipelines: Pipe friction formulae, hydraulics and operation of pipelines, design of pipelines. Water Distribution: municipal water distribution systems, hydraulic and operation of water distribution systems.

Course Objectives:
• To give basic concepts of analysis and design of water supply systems,
• To give information about universally accepted specifications and codes,
• To enable students to use basic information in design applications of municipal water supply systems.
 

Prerequisite:
CE 471 or consent of the department

Textbook(s):
“Analysis of Flow in Water Distribution Networks” Bhave P. R., Technomic, 1991

Reference(s):
“Water Resources Engineering”, Linsley, R.K., Franzini, J.B., Freyberg, D.L., and Tchobanoglous. G., 4/e, Mc Graw Hill, 1992


Syllabus:
• Introduction (4 hours)
    1.1. Scope of the course
    1.2. Ethics, professional responsibility and legal issues for civil engineers
• Pumps and Valves (3 hours)
    2.1. Centrifugal Pumps, Rotary Pumps, Reciprocating Pumps
    2.2. Butterfly Valves, Gate Valves, Check Valves.
• Water Transmission by Pipelines (7 hours)
    3.1. Pipe Friction Formulae: Darcy-Weisbach, Hazen Williams
    3.2. Hydraulics and operation of Pipelines
        3.2.1. Pumped Discharge Lines
        - Single Centrifugal Pump Operation
        - Multiple Centrifugal Pump Operation
        3.2.2. Gravity Pipelines
        - Pressurized and Free Surface flows
        - Air Entrainment
    3.3. Design of Pipelines
        3.3.1. Selection of Pipeline route
        3.3.2. Selection of Pipe Materials
        3.3.3. Selection of Pipeline Diameter
        - Gravity Pipelines
        - Pumped Discharge Lines
• Water Distribution (14 hours)
    4.1. Municipal Water Distribution Systems
        4.1.1. Preliminary Design
        - Water requirements, population extension, topography, street plan,
        - Pressure zones, storage tank, limitations concerning velocity and pressure
        4.1.2. Final Design
        - Fluctuations in use, fire fighting, basic loadings
        4.1.3. Dead point Method
    4.2. Hydraulics and Operation of Water Distribution Systems
        4.2.1. Equivalent Pipes
        4.2.2. Hardy-Cross
        - Multi tank systems
        - Inclusion of Pumps
        - Inclusion of Valves


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:
15 % of the Overall Grade

Computer Usage:
WaterCAD

Laboratory work:
None
 

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

Instructors:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nuri Merzi