Water Engineering

1. Water Engineering

2. Background
• Civil Engineering
– Long History
• Water was being fundamental area
– Early civilization was based on water
• Fields in Civil Engineering
– Water Engineering
– Environmental Engineering

3. Water Engineering
• Hydrology
• Fluid mechanic & Hydraulic
• Water resources & planning management
• Coastal engineering

4. Hydrology
• Study of water
– Design flood estimation
– Yield analysis (design of water storage system)
– Estimation of environmental flows
– Ground water problems

5. Fluid mechanic & hydraulic
• Study of fluids (both rest & motion)
– Hydrostatic (fluid pressure)
– Fluid flow principle
• Conservation of mass, energy & impulse (momentum)
– Physical & numerical modelling
– Flow in closed conduits (pipes) or open channels
– Unsteady flows
• Waves, surges & water hammer

6. Water Resources Planning and Management
• 􏰀 Deals with problems from a wide,
multi‐disciplinary perspective.
• Interfaces with community.

7. Coastal Engineering
• Deals with marine environments
– Coastlines
• dune management, beach enrichment, littoral drift,
waves
– Estuaries (salt water), ICOLs
– Marine structures
• ports and harbours.