Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is: 90 credits in engineering; 10 credits in physics; 5 credits in chemistry; 20 credits in mathematics. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• use the control volume concept to derive simplified one-dimensional forms of equations describing the conservation of mass, motion and energy
• calculate convective and acceleration in a flow field and apply Bernoulli's equation to solve for pressure and velocity distribution
• use the concepts laminar and turbulent flow, calculate velocity distribution and flow in pipes with branches and in natural and built open channels at stationary flow
• solve problems with varied flow in open channels using the concept of specific energy
• describe the processes that continuously change the earth, including the water cycle
• describe the formation and access to water resources and current practices of water resource management
• evaluate social and ethical issues with regard to water resources and technology
• give oral and written account of project work in water engineering.

Content

Fluid mechanics. Equilibrium of fluids (hydrostatics), conservation principles in continuum mechanics, the control volume concept, Eulerian and Lagrangian methods, energy, momentum, and continuity equations, Euler and Bernoulli equations, relation between stress and strain rate, differential analysis of fluid motion, similarity analysis, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layers, uniform and non-uniform flows in open and closed systems (flow in channels and pipes). Laboratory exercises on energy distribution and losses in a closed hydraulic systems, and sub-critical and super-critical flows in open channels. Computer simulation of processes in fluid mechanics.

Basic hydrology and exogenic processes (e.g. weathering, erosion, mass movement). Water resource management. Impact of climate change on water resources and climate change adaptation. Water engineering in society, water systems in urban environments and an introduction to digitalization in the water sector.

Report writing and presentation methods. Group work methods and project management. Equal opportunity in terms of discrimination. Ethics in the engineering field.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, exercises, field trip, laboratories, project work, and report writing.

Assessment

Written exam in fluid mechanics (4 credits), written exam in hydrology and water resource management (3 credits), seminars, exercises and laboratory reports (5 credits), project reports (3 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.