Hydraulic Engineering

  1. Hydraulic Structures
    1. Dams
      1. Types of Dams
        1. Embankment Dams
          1. Earthfill Dams
            1. Rockfill Dams
            2. Concrete Dams
              1. Gravity Dams
                1. Arch Dams
                  1. Buttress Dams
                2. Forces Acting on Dams
                  1. Water Pressure
                    1. Uplift Pressure
                      1. Earthquake Forces
                        1. Silt Pressure
                          1. Ice Forces
                            1. Wave Forces
                            2. Stability Analysis
                              1. Sliding
                                1. Overturning
                                  1. Bearing Capacity
                                  2. Seepage Analysis
                                    1. Flow Nets
                                      1. Seepage Control Measures
                                    2. Spillways and Outlet Works
                                      1. Types of Spillways
                                        1. Ogee Spillway
                                          1. Chute Spillway
                                            1. Side-channel Spillway
                                              1. Shaft Spillway
                                              2. Hydraulic Design of Spillways
                                                1. Discharge Capacity
                                                  1. Crest Profile
                                                  2. Energy Dissipation Structures
                                                    1. Stilling Basins
                                                      1. Baffle Blocks
                                                        1. End Sills
                                                          1. Flip Buckets
                                                        2. Diversion and Intake Structures
                                                          1. Weirs
                                                            1. Types and Functions
                                                            2. Barrages
                                                              1. Structure and Operation
                                                              2. Canal Head Regulators
                                                                1. Design and Function
                                                                2. Intakes for Water Supply
                                                                  1. Types of Intakes
                                                                    1. Screening and Debris Control
                                                                    2. Intakes for Hydropower
                                                                      1. Types of Intakes
                                                                        1. Screening and Debris Control
                                                                      2. Conveyance Structures
                                                                        1. Canals
                                                                          1. Lined Canals
                                                                            1. Unlined Canals
                                                                              1. Cross-Section Design
                                                                              2. Flumes
                                                                                1. Types and Applications
                                                                                2. Culverts
                                                                                  1. Types and Hydraulic Design
                                                                                  2. Tunnels
                                                                                    1. Hydraulic Considerations
                                                                                    2. Aqueducts
                                                                                      1. Structural Design
                                                                                        1. Hydraulic Design
                                                                                      2. Flow Measurement Structures
                                                                                        1. Weirs
                                                                                          1. Sharp-Crested Weirs
                                                                                            1. Broad-Crested Weirs
                                                                                            2. Flumes
                                                                                              1. Parshall Flume
                                                                                                1. Venturi Flume
                                                                                                2. Orifices
                                                                                                  1. Types and Discharge Equations

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