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ECI 146, Water Resources Simulation.
winter quarter (almost annually). Link
to web page (with useful links to other interesting web sites).
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering
103; ECI 115, ECI 141, 142 recommended.
Computer simulation techniques in the analysis, design and operation
of surface water systems; modeling concepts and practices with application
to surface runoff; water quality in rivers and streams and dispersion
of contaminants in water bodies.
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ECI 141, Engineering Hydraulics, and ECI 141L (Laboratory). Link
to web page (with useful links to other interesting web sites).
Laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: ECI 103. Flow in pipes, open channels; uniform flow; backwater curves; hydraulic jumps; lift and drag;
turbomachinery; similarity laws.
Laboratory experiments and demonstrations
on flow measurement, sluice gates, hydraulic jump, flow characteristics,
and centrifugal pumps. |
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ECI 289B, Urban Hydraulics and Hydrology. spring
2004/05/07/09/10. Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: ECI 141.
Focuses on the theory and modeling of phenomena of a hydraulic/hydrologic
nature usually observed in large cities. It covers the latest scientific
developments in the mechanics of liquid flow in pipes and open channels with
an emphasis on city infrastructure. |
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ECI 279, Advanced Fluid Mechanics. fall, on alternate years.
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 103; ECI 141 recommended. Rotational flows.
Navier-Stokes equations and solutions for laminar flow; boundary layer
equations and solution techniques. Nature of turbulence. Reynolds
equations. Introduction to turbulence modeling. |
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ECI 278, Hydrodynamics (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics).
fall, on alternate years. Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 103.
Perturbation methods. Basic water waves. Governing equations for fluid
motion on a rotating Earth. Rotation effects, vorticity dynamics,
Ekman layer. Stratification effects, internal waves and turbulent
mixing. Combined effects. |
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ECI 260, Sediment transport.
Taught one time as a regular course. Lecture—4 hours.
Prerequisite: course 141 or equivalent. Sediment transport in hydrologic systems. Process-oriented course which
emphasizes how sediment moves and the physical processes that affect sediment transport. |
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Freshman Seminar: Computer Simulation in Civil Engineering.
(almost every fall), in collaboration with Profs YueYue Fan and Amit
M. Kanvinde. |
