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In this course, you will learn
Week 1:PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND EQUATIONS
o Dimensions and units
o Properties of water and sediment
o River flow kinematics
o Conservation of mass
o Equations of motion
o Hydraulic and energy grade lines
Week 2:STEADY FLOW IN RIVERS
o Steady river flow
o Steady-nonuniform river flow
o Sediment transport in rivers
Week 3: UNSTEADY FLOW IN RIVERS
o River continuity equation
o River momentum equations
o River flood waves
o Loop-rating curves
o River flood routing
o River flow and sediment-duration curves
Week 4:RIVER EQUILIBRIUM
o Particle stability
o Channel stability
o Regime relationships
o Equilibrium in river bends
o Downsteam hydraulic geometry
o Bars in alluvial rivers
o River meandering
o Lateral river migration
Week 5:RIVER DYNAMICS
o River dynamics
o Riverbed degradation
o Riverbed aggradation
o River confluences and branches
o River databases
Week 6:RIVER STABILIZATION AND RIVER TRAINING WORK
o Riverbank stability
o Riverbank riprap revetment
o Riverbank protection
o River flow-control structures
o River training along braided rivers.
Week 7: RIVER ENGINEERING
o River flood control
o River closure
o Canal headworks
o Bridge scour
o Navigation waterways
Week 8:RIVER MODELLING
o Rigid-bed model
o Mobile-bed river models
o Finite-difference approximations
o One-dimensional river models
o Multidimensional river models
