Why enroll

This course is highly valuable for civil engineering students and professionals interested in water resources, hydraulic structures, and flood management. It helps learners understand river dynamics, erosion and sedimentation issues, and practical river control measures, which are crucial for projects involving bridges, embankments, dams, and flood protection systems.

Course details

The River Engineering course provides an in-depth understanding of river systems and the engineering techniques used to manage and utilize rivers safely and efficiently. It focuses on the interaction between flowing water, sediment, and channel boundaries, and explains how rivers behave under natural and human-influenced conditions. The course equips learners with the knowledge required to design river training works, protect infrastructure, and manage floods and erosion.

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Key topics covered

River characteristics and classification
River flow behavior and regime theory
Sediment transport and river morphology
River training works and bank protection
Design of guide banks and spurs
Scour around bridge piers and abutments
Flood estimation and flood control measures
River engineering aspects of bridges
River regulation and channel improvement
Environmental considerations in river projects

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

River Engineering

25 Lectures

1185 min

Lec 1: Introduction to River Engineering
Preview
39 min
Lec 2: Basic properties of sediment - I
42 min
Lec 3: Basic properties of sediment - II
41 min
Lec 4: Mass Conservation
49 min
Lec 5 : Linear Momentum Equation
32 min
Lec 6: Navier-Stokes Equations
44 min
Lec 7: St. Venant Equation and Solver
50 min
Lec 8: Specific Energy and Critical Flow
48 min
Lec 9: Hydraulic Jump and Celerity
49 min
Lec 10: Floodwave Celerity and Loop Rating Curve
41 min
Lec 11: Sediment Transport in River
51 min
Lec 12: Sediment Transport in River-II
42 min
Lec 13: Sediment Transport in River-III
39 min
Lec 14: Physical River Models
56 min
Lec 15: Bridge scour: processes and estimation
48 min
Lec 16: Bridge Scour-II
52 min
Lec 17: Jet Scour and River Navigation
61 min
Lec 18: River Training Work
63 min
Lec 19: Riverbank Stabilization- I
54 min
Lec 20: Riverbank Stabilization- II
51 min
Lec 21: Riverbank Protection and Control Structures
40 min
Lec 22: River Equilibrium-I
54 min
Lec 23: River Equilibrium-II
58 min
Lec 24: River Equilibrium-III
53 min
Lec 25: Concluding Lecture
28 min

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