Hydraulic engineering
Encyclopedia : H : HY : HYD : Hydraulic engineering
Hydraulic engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water. This area of engineering is intimately related to the design of bridges, dams, channels, canals, and levees, and to both sanitary and environmental engineering.
Common topics of Design for Hydraulic Engineers includes Hydraulic Structures, including Dams and Levees, Water Distribution Networks, Water Collection Networks, Storm Water Management, Sediment Transport, and various other topics related to Transportation engineering and Geotechnical engineering.
Significant Floods
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans Significant modern floods
See also
International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.