CIVL34001: Hydraulics 3

Academic year 2026-2027

Teaching Materials

A. Open-Channel Flow	B. Waves	C. Sediment transport (No longer taught)
Content 1. Introduction (slides) 2. Rapidly-varied flow (slides) 3. Gradually-varied flow (slides) 4. Long-wave speed (slides) Examples (answers)	Content 1. Regular waves (slides) 2. Wave transformation (slides) 3. Random waves and statistics (slides) 4. Wave loading (slides) A. Appendix (mathematical derivations) Examples (answers)	Content Sediment transport (slides) Examples (answers)
Formula Sheet

1. Written coursework
2. Open-channel-flow laboratory exercise / results sheet
3. Waves laboratory exercise (not my responsibility this year)

Chanson, H., 2004, Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow, 2nd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann
Massey, B., 2011, Mechanics of Fluids, 9th Edition, (Revised by Ward-Smith, J.), Spon Press
White, F.M., 2021, Fluid Mechanics (9th Edition), McGraw-Hill
Hamill, L., 2011, Understanding Hydraulics, 3rd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan
Chadwick, A.J., Morfett, J.C., and Borthwick, M., 2021, Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (6th Edition), CRC Press
Dean, R.G. and Dalrymple, R.A., 1992, Water Wave Mechanics For Engineers and Scientists, World Scientific
Kamphuis, J.W., 2019, Introduction to coastal engineering and management (3rd Edition), World Scientific

Last updated: 8 September 2026