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Hydraulics & Hydrology

Module code: CEU44A15 · Semester: Semester 1

Resources​

Questions by Year​

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Topics

  • Dimensional analysis, Buckingham Pi and model similarity LO1
  • Natural and compound channels, velocity distribution, conveyance LO2
  • Turbines and small hydro schemes LO3
  • Sediment forces and river protection LO4
  • Precipitation and evaporation; river gauging LO6
  • Hydrograph analysis and the unit hydrograph LO5
  • Flood routing LO7
  • Unsteady flow: pressure transients, surge towers, quasi-steady flow LO8
  • Linear wave theory and wave energy LO9
Learning outcomes
  1. Predict prototype performance from hydraulic models
  2. Understand open channel flow in natural channels
  3. Classify turbines and design the hydraulics of a small hydro scheme
  4. Calculate forces on river-bed sediment and design bank protection
  5. Analyse river hydrographs against rainfall
  6. Interpret rain gauge networks for catchment studies
  7. Route floods down a channel
  8. Solve unsteady flow problems
  9. Predict wave transformation with linear wave theory

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.

Papers from the previous module​

These papers are from Hydraulics (CEU44A04). This module replaced it from 2022/23. The syllabus isn't identical, so check each question against the current module descriptor.

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