Course Details

Contemporary Weir Structures

Academic Year 2024/25

DRB027 course is part of 4 study plans

DKA-V Winter Semester 2nd year

DPA-V Winter Semester 2nd year

DKC-V Winter Semester 2nd year

DPC-V Winter Semester 2nd year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

8 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Detail introduction to history of weir structures. 2. Sealing of weir body and weir wing underlay. 3. Overflow of fixed weir sill of movable weirs with high degree of submerge by downstream water, calculation of overflow consumption curve. 4. Surface hydraulic jump, divergent stilling pool. 5. Calculation and design of inflatable weirs – design of fixed low sill and calculation of consumption curve of overflow. 6. Calculation and design of inflatable weirs – design of inflatable structure and calculation of consumption curve of overflow. 7. Calculation and design of downstream apron including lining. 8. Design and calculation of inflatable weir equipment. 9. Informative static calculation of flap gate. 10. Informative static calculation of radial gate. 11. Informative static calculation of elements of stop logs and needle flashboard. 12. Principals of elaboration of weir handling regulations (in system). 13. Excursion.