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Hydraulics Laboratory

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This facility is maintained to meet the program’s laboratory needs in fluid mechanics, hydraulic engineering, ocean engineering and groundwater hydrology. Specialized capabilities include dispersion and thermal plumes and measurements of a complete range of flow parameters. Professor Jeong Eun Ahn is responsible for the development, direction and operation of this laboratory. This laboratory is used in CE 343, CE 361, CE 369, and by master’s students for their research. The undergraduate Civil Engineering students conduct a series of hydraulic experiments in the hydraulic laboratory as a required element of CE 343 Water Resources Engineering. The students conduct experiments in pipe flow, friction losses, the venture meter, turbulent/laminar flow, the hydraulic jump and pressure on gates. It contains the following major items of equipment:

  • Reynolds demonstration apparatus
  • Piping systems
  • Large flume, moving cradle, and wave-generation system
  • Small flume for open channel flow experimentation
  • Green roof experiment

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