Advanced Hydraulics and Hydrology
- Level(s) of Study: Professional / Short course
- Start Date(s): 10 February 2024
- Duration: Four Saturdays, 9 am - 5 pm, 10 February, 2 and 16 March, 13 April 2024, plus exam
- Study Mode(s): Part-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:
This course provides you with a detailed understanding of advanced hydraulic topics such as coastal engineering and hydraulics structures as well as advanced hydrology topics such as estimating floods, flood routing and groundwater.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- design simple coastal structures and other hydraulic structures
- estimate floods using a variety of methods including low-flow estimation for small catchments
- route a flood, and predict the maximum flow with time, along a given river or stream
- appreciate the importance of groundwater
- estimate groundwater recharge and model pollutants in groundwater.
A CPD certificate will be issued upon successful completion of the course.
Successful completion can also contribute 15 credits towards a postgraduate award.
What you’ll study
This course will include:
- coastal engineering, including wave motion, linear wave theory, wave prediction from wind records and the action of waves on beaches and coastal structures
- hydraulic structures such as dams, weirs, flumes, spillways, energy dissipaters, control gates, discharge and outlet structures
- how to estimate floods using FEH, index flood, growth curve and probability distributions
- flood routing including non-storage routing, storage routing, hydraulic routing and flood routing in practice
- groundwater and flow equations, flow nets and unconfined flow
- groundwater recharge, numerical models in groundwater and modelling of pollutants.
How you’re taught
Teaching and learning will take place using a flexible programme of lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials.
Campus and facilities
Entry requirements
Level: Professional/postgraduate
Entry Requirements: You should have a minimum of three years’ professional experience and have the support of your employer to integrate study and projects into your day-to-day work.
You will probably be employed on significant infrastructure or building works, with experience of developing and coordinating projects.
If you wish to receive credit, you should also have a 2:2 honours degree in a construction-related subject.
Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications and/or relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.
Level: Professional/postgraduate
Entry Requirements: You should have a minimum of three years’ professional experience and have the support of your employer to integrate study and projects into your day-to-day work.
You will probably be employed on significant infrastructure or building works, with experience of developing and coordinating projects.
If you wish to receive credit, you should also have a 2:2 honours degree in a construction-related subject.
Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications and/or relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.
Fees and funding
The fee for this course is £995.
Payment is due before the course starts.
The fee for this course is £995.
Payment is due before the course starts.
How to apply
Please read the guidance notes and complete the application form.
You should then email your form to be considered by the academic team.
Please read our notes on the University's commitment to delivering the educational services advertised.
Please read the guidance notes and complete the application form.
You should then email your form to be considered by the academic team.
Please read our notes on the University's commitment to delivering the educational services advertised.