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OPEN CHANNEL HYDRAULICS

CIVENGR 411
Course Description

Analysis and characteristics of flow in open channels (natural and artificial); channel design considerations including uniform flow (rivers, sewers), flow measuring devices (weirs, flumes), gradually varied flow (backwater and other flow profiles, flood routing), rapidly varied flow (hydraulic jump, spillways), and channel design problems (geometric considerations, scour, channel stabilization, sediment transport).

Prerequisties

CIVENGR 310 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
3.75

8.63% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.88% from Historical

A Rate
60%

64.29% from Historical

Class Size
10

-13.04% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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