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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) HÜSEYİN ÇAĞAN KILINÇ
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course To provide fundamental principles of water resources engineering. To offer insights into Turkish and American codes and methodologies. To empower students to apply essential knowledge in design scenarios.
Course Content An overview of hydrology and the engineering of water resources. Study of basins and hydrological phenomena, including rainfall, river flow, and groundwater seepage. Examination of hydrograph patterns and analysis. Evaluation of the process of hydrologic flood propagation. Exploration of groundwater hydrology. Discussion of dam and spillway design. Examination of urban water supply systems. Consideration of wastewater and stormwater collection and disposal systems. Analysis of irrigation and drainage methods.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to water resources engineering and water resources development.
2System analysis in water resources development.
3Hydrology for hydraulic design, including the hydrologic cycle.
4Precipitation and infiltration, Intensity-duration frequency curves, Rational method for hydrological analysis, Hydrograph analysis and flood routing.
5Reservoirs, their components, characteristics, and capacity determination, Methods for reservoir sedimentation analysis, including Mass Curve and Sequent-Peak Analysis, Operation study of reservoirs.
6Dams, covering planning, classification, construction, and dam stability.
7Spillways and their types, with a focus on design discharge, Diversion weirs.
8Midterm
9Water Supply and Sewerage Systems, Population Calculations, Water Collection Facilities
10Pressurized Transmission Lines
11Network Systems
12Sewerage
13Problem Solving
14Final

Resources

Water Resources Engineering 2nd Edition by Larry W. Mays