2018/2019 Semester 2 Teaching Plan

Week Lecture Date Topic Laboratory Tutorial Assignment

due date
1 Lecture 1 15 Jan Introduction &
Pipe flow
2 Lecture 2 22 Jan Pipe flow Pipe flow

3 Lecture 3 29 Jan Pipe flow Pipe flow

4 Lecture 4 12 Feb Pipe flow/ Open 11 Feb: A1/A2/A3 Pipe flow

channel flow 13 Feb: D1/D2/D3
15 Feb: E1/E2/E3
5 Lecture 5 19 Feb Open channel flow 18 Feb: B1/B2/B3 Pipe flow Pipe flow: 19 Feb
20 Feb: C1/C2/C3
6 Lecture 6 26 Feb Open channel flow Open channel flow

7 Lecture 7 5 Mar Open channel flow 4 Mar: A2/A3/A1 Open channel flow
6 Mar: D2/D3/D1
8 Mar: E2/E3/E1
8 Lecture 8 12 Mar Hydrology 11 Mar: B2/B3/B1 Open channel flow Open channel
13 Mar: C2/C3/C1 flow: 12 Mar
9 TEST 19 Mar Open channel flow

10 Lecture 9 26 Mar Hydrology 25 Mar: A3/A1/A2 Hydrology

27 Mar: D3/D1/D2
29 Mar: E3/E1/E2
11 Lecture 10 2 Apr Hydrology 1 Apr: B3/B1/B2 Hydrology
3 Apr: C3/C1/C2
12 Lecture 11 9 Apr Hydrology Hydrology

13 Lecture 12 16 Apr Hydrology & Hydrology Hydrology:

Revision 18 Apr

Assessment weight: Examination 70% & Coursework 30%

- Laboratory reports 5% (to be submitted within four weeks from the date of experiment, or 18 Apr, whichever is earlier)
- Assignments 5%
- Class participation 5%
- Test 15%

Laboratory testing at Hydraulics Laboratory PQ004

- Pipe friction
- Uniform open channel flow
- Yield of wells

Essential Textbooks:
1. J.F. Douglas, J.M. Gasiorek, J.A. Swaffield & L.B. Jack, “Fluid Mechanics”, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011 (for
Hydraulics).
2. E.M. Wilson, “Engineering Hydrology”, 4th Edition, Macmillan, 2011 (for Hydrology).

Assignment questions: (Please see individual allocation of questions posted in Discussion of Blackboard)
Pipe flow – Douglas problems 10.8-10.16, 10.18-10.19, 14.1-14.5, 14.7-14.9, 14.11-14.24
Open channel flow - Douglas problems 15.1-15.11, 15.13-15.15, 16.1-16.4, 16.6-16.14
Hydrology – Wilson problems 2.3-2.5, 2.7, 4.3, 4.5, 5.1-5.2, 6.1, 6.3, 6.8, 7.1, 7.9, 7.11-7.12, 7.14, 8.2-8.3, 8.5

Blackboard site location: https://learn.polyu.edu.hk