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CU Denver Continuing Engineering Education Program
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Semester |
Course
Title |
Level |
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Fall |
CE 6353 Flood Detention and Retention Designs |
Graduate |
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Fall |
CE 5336 Urban Runoff Quality and Quantity Modeling |
Graduate |
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Fall |
CE 3323 Applied Fluid (in-class) |
Undergraduate |
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Spring |
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Senior and Graduate |
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Spring |
CE 5443 Open Channel Hydraulics |
Graduate |
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Spring |
CE 3323 Applied Fluid (in-class) |
Undergraduate |
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Course Title
and Description |
Text Books |
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CE 3313 Theoretical Fluid (Optional
for on-line) Fluid Properties,
Hydro-Static, Continuity, Energy, Momentum, Flow Kinematics and Dynamics,
Energy and Force Analyses for Flow in Single Pipe, Dimensional Analysis,
Classification of Fluid Flows, Hydraulic Similarity and Modeling, Laminar Flows,
Turbulent Free-stream Flows, Mixing Length Hypothesis, Friction Factor, Minor
and Major Energy Losses. |
Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications by Finnemore and Franini, McGraw Hill |
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CE 3323 Applied Fluid (1)System approach to
analyze pipes in serial, parallel, branch, and network. (2) Intro to Open
Channel Hydraulics including normal and critical flows, energy and force
momentum principles, backwater and drawdown profiles. (3) Flow Measurement
using pressure gage, orifice, weir, sluice gage. (4) Pump System Analysis
including net positive suction head, net discharge head, and pump dynamic
head, (5) Pump Selection using the affinity law for model and prototype
studies (6) Pump Design using system curve, pump characteristic curve. Fluid Experiment 1: Friction Factor
and Loss through Copper Pipe Fluid Experiment 2: Turbulent Flow
Velocity Profile |
Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications by Finnemore and Franini, McGraw Hill |
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CE 4427/CE5427 Street Drainage System Design (Senior and Graduate) This course covers: (1)
hydrologic analysis for small urban catchment, (2) concept of flood frequency,
(3) design rainfall statistics, (4) rational method for peak flow prediction,
(5) urban drainage system and design criteria, (6) culvert hydraulics, (7)
street hydraulics for conveyance and storage capacities, (8) street Inlet
sizing using grates and curb openings, (9) storm sewer system design, and
(10) determinations of hydraulic grade and energy grade lines. Project 1. Urban Watershed Analysis Project 2. Inlet and Sewer System
Design |
Street Drainage System Design ISBN-13 978-1-887201-53-7 by James C.Y. Guo, Water
Resources Publication, Phone: 800-736-2405 / Fax: 800-616-1971 |
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CE 5336+1 Urban Runoff Quality and
Quantity Modeling (Graduate) This course covers: (1)
rain gage operation and data correction, (2) design rainfall distribution –SCS
Type I, II and Denver’s curves, (3) statistical models using Exponential,
Gumble, Log-normal, Log-person III, (4) synthetic unit graphs using SCS and
CUHP methods (5) urban drainage system modeling using flow diversion,
stormwater detention, pump station, (6) event-based flood predictions and
continuous stormwater simulation, (7) concept of master drainage planning and
alternative analysis and (8) modeling consistency and sensitivity analyses. Project 1. Project 2. Comparison between
Statistical and Numerical Models |
Urban Hydrology and Hydraulic Design by James
C.Y. Guo, Water Resources Publication, Phone: 800-736-2405 / Fax:
800-616-1971 |
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CE 5343 Open Channel Hydraulics (Graduate) This course covers: (1)
classification of channel flows, (2) basic principles (3) gradually varied
flow for backwater analyses, (4) spatially and rapidly varied flows for
hydraulic jump and drop, (5) channel design criteria, (6) grade control using
drop structure, (7) concrete channel design, (8) grass channel design, (9)
riprap channel design, (10) composite channel design (11) energy dissipation,
and (12) inlet and outlet protections. Project 1. Design of Stable Channel Project 2. Design of Stilling Basin
for Jump |
Urban Flood Channel Design by James
C.Y. Guo, Water Resources Publication, Phone: 800-736-2405 / Fax:
800-616-1971 |
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CE 5344 Unsteady Open Channel Hydraulics (Independent Study Only) This course covers: (1) derivation
of basic principles for unsteady flow, (2) flow regime for stability
analysis, (3) oblique jumps, roll waves, and bores (4) flood waves including
dynamic, quasi-dynamic, diffusive, and kinematic, (5) river system and
floodplain hydraulics using HECRAS Model, (6) dam and levee break analyses,
and (7) flood hazard potential classifications and assessment. Project 1: kinematic wave exact and
numerical solutions Project 2: explicit and implicit
methods for dam break flow |
Class notes and technical
papers will be provided or assigned.. |
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CE 5345 Computational Methods for Water
Resources (Graduate) This course covers two
major water resources numerical modeling approaches: (1) Hydrologic and (2)
Hydraulic Numerical Routing Schemes. The Hydrologic Numerical Routing Method
includes linear and nonlinear reservoir operations using the reservoir
characteristic curves derived from the reservoir geometry and outlet
structure. The Hydraulic Routing Method covers the finite difference
numerical schemes for channel flow routing using the kinematic wave and
characteristic methods. This course will also focus on derivation and
applications of Courant Number to the numerical stability and sensitivity
analysis. Project 1: Calibration techniques for
EPA SWMM 5 Project 2: Numerical stability tests
on Courant number |
Class notes and technical
papers will be provided or assigned. |
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CE 6336+1 Flood Detention and Retention Designs (Graduate) This course covers: (1) urbanization
impact on watershed regime, (2) preservation of watershed regime, (3) flood
control detention volume (4) outlet structure design, (5) water quality
control volume -- stormwater BMPs, bio-retention, sand filter, wetland (6)
low impact designs – porous pavement and landscaping basin (7) river riparian
system and stream restoration (8) urban re-development and retrofitting
stormwater system (9) life cycle assessment and (10) risk and reliability
analysis. Project 1: Storm Detention System
Design Project 2: Overflow Risk Assessment
for Stormwater BMPs |
Urban Hydrology and Hydraulic Design by James C.Y. Guo, Water Resources Publication,
Phone: 800-736-2405 / Fax: 800-616-1971 |
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CE 58 XX
Environmental Fluid Mechanics This course
covers: (1) basic fluid flow governing principles and equations, (2) stream
function and eq-potential for flow nets, (3) ideal flow models for source,
sink, vertex flows, (4) conformal mapping to develop flow patterns for lake
and ocean flows, (5) low-Reynolds number flows to model boundary layer and
free-stream flows, (6) high-Reynolds number flows to model free and wall jets
using the mixing-length and K-ε hypotheses, (6) exact and numerical solutions.
Project 1: Flow around an island –
development of stream-tube model Project 2: Prediction of heated Jet
flow propagated in a lake |
Class notes and technical
papers will be provided or assigned. |
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