Water Management and Environment (E045860)
Valid as from the academic year 2015-2016
CourseSpecifications
Lecturers in academic year 2017-2018
Kortenhaus, Andreas TW15 lecturer-in-charge
Course offerings and teaching methods in academic year 2017-2018
A (semester 1) Dutch group work 15.0 hguided self-study 30.0 h
B (semester 1) English lecture 30.0 hseminar: coached 5.0 hgroup work 10.0 h
Offered in the following programmes in 2017-2018 crdts offering
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Civil Engineering 5 ABridging Programme Master of Science in Civil Engineering 5 BMaster of Science in Civil Engineering 5 AMaster of Science in Civil Engineering 5 B
Dutch, English
water management, environmental friendly constructions, sediment transport, windwaves, tides, tidal rivers, water quality, wetlands
The course aims to provide profound insight in the different aspects of watermanagement, open channel and coastal hydraulics using an environmental friendlyapproach (integrated water management, water quality, ...).This course contributes to the following educational competences of the bachelorprogramme: MaB.1.4, MaB.1.8, MaB.2.1, MaB.3.2, MaB.4.1, MaB.5.1, MaB.5.2, MaB.5.3, MaB.6.1, MaB.6.2.
• Water management• Flood management• Regulation of flood waves• Water quality• Environmental friendly structures• Waves• Tides and tidal rivers• Sediment transport and river morphology• Scheldt estuary• Hydrology of wetlands
Courses 'Transport Phenomena' and 'Hydraulics 1' succesfully completed, or haveacquired the necessary skills in a different way.
1 CONCEPTS: Flood management, water quality, hydrology of wetlands2 CONCEPTS: European Water Framework Directive; environmentally friendly1 structures
Contact hrsStudy time 150 hCredits 5.0
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Final competences
(nominal values; actual values may depend on programme)
45.0 h
Course size
1(Approved)
Access to this course unit via a credit contract is determined after successful competencesassessment
This course unit cannot be taken via an exam contract
end-of-term evaluation and continuous assessment
examination during the second examination period is possible in modified form
Report
Guided self-study, group work, lecture, seminar: coached exercises
3 INSIGHT: Schelde estuary4 INSIGHT: waves5 INSIGHT: tides and tides in rivers6 INSIGHT: sediment transport7 SKILLS: Regulation of flood waves8 SKILLS: Design of sandtraps9 SKILLS: Simulation of tides in a river
Syllabus, costs: to be disclosed
• Cartwright, D.E. (1999): Tides : a scientific history. Cambridge University Press.• CUR (2000): Natuurvriendelijke oevers: oeverbeschermingsmaterialen. Directoraat-• Generaal Rijkswaterstaat, CUR-publicatie 205, Stichting CUR, Gouda, Nederland.• Dean, R.G. and Dalrymple, R.A. (1991): Water wave mechanics for engineers and• scientists. Singapore: World Scientific.• FLOODsite (2009): Flood risk assessment and flood risk management. An• introduction and guidance based on experiences and findings of FLOODsite (an EU-• funded Integrated Project). Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands, 142 p.• Hingray, B.; Picouet, C.; and Musy, A. (2014): Hydrology: A Science for Engineers.• CRC Press.• Ignar, S.; Grygoruk, M. (2015): Wetlands and Water Framework Directive. Springer• Open.• Meire, P.; Van Dyck, M. (2014): Naar een duurzaam rivierbeheer: hoe herstellen we• de ecosysteemdiensten van rivieren? De Schelde als blauwe draad. UPA.• van Rijn L.C. (2006): Principles of sediment transport in rivers, estuaries and coastal• seas, Aqua Publications, The Netherlands.
The lecturer is available for feedback and questions after making an appointment(tel/mail), the assistent is available for feedback and questions during the formalcontact hours and/or after making an appointment
Open book examination, oral examination
Open book examination, oral examination
Periodic evaluation (during examination period): oral open-book exam, writtenpreparation.Non-periodic evaluation (during semester): evaluation of reports on projectassignments. Freqency: 3 project assignments. Students submit the three reportsbefore the start of the periodic evaluations, according to the terms announced duringthe lectures and via Minerva. If not submitted all the reports in time, without a validand timely communicated reason for it, then the student will receive a 0 for the non-periodical evaluation. For the non-periodic evaluation, a second chance is only possiblein modified form, if less than 10 in 20 was achieved.
Conditions for credit contract
Conditions for exam contract
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Learning materials and price
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Course content-related study coaching
Evaluation methods
Examination methods in case of periodic evaluation during the first examination period
Examination methods in case of periodic evaluation during the second examination period
Examination methods in case of permanent evaluation
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Possibilities of retake in case of permanent evaluation
Calculation of the examination mark
2(Approved)
The periodic evaluation (oral exam) counts for 60% of the total, the non-periodicevaluation (project work) for 40% of the total (of which each project assignment countsfor one third).If for one of both evaluations (exam or project work) less than 10 (in 20) is scored, thenthis part is counted for 70% and the other part for 30%.
3(Approved)