Water Resources Engineering:  Homework Puzzles

All Puzzle Set solutions must follow the Rowan Engineering Homework Format.

HW 9:  Open Channel Flow
assigned Monday, 4 April 2005
due:  Monday, 11 April 2005
5.1.1
5.1.3
5.2.1
5.2.3
5.2.4

April Fool's "Quiz":  Pipe Networks - the way things are done in practice (usually)

Given a complex pipe network, with various inflows & outflows (drawn on board in class)

Find the flows in each pipe, and pressures at each junction, using a "canned" program
HW 7a/b:  Pipe Networks - Tried and true and innovative ways to solve

12.6.4
12.6.5
12.6.6

A.  Solve these pipe networks using the Hardy-Cross method.
B.  Solve the same problems, using the SOLVER tool in Excel.

In addition to finding the flows & headloss in each pipe, comment on which method you prefer, and why.

HW 6:  Problem from Text
assigned:  Friday Feb 25 2005
due Monday, February 28 2005

12.2.1.  In addition to calculating headloss using Hazen-Williams & Manning equations, calculate headloss using Darcy-Weisbach eqn.  Comment on your results.


HW 5:  Continue in-class example - Branching Pipes
assigned:  ~Monday, 21 February 2005
due; Wednesday 23 February 2005

HW 4:  Problems from Text
assigned:  Monday Feb 14 2005
due Friday, February 18 2005

12.5.1
12.5.2

HW 3:  Continue in-class example - Parallel pipes
assigned:  ~Wednesday, 2 February 2005
due Friday 4 February 2005

HW 2:  Problems from Text
assigned:  Monday, 24 January 2005
due Wednesday 26 January 2005

4.1.1
4.2.4
4.3.3


HW 1:  Problems from Text
assigned:  Wednesday, 19 January 2005
due Monday 24 January 2005

If you don't have your textbook yet, you can download chapters 1-3:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

2.2.1
2.4.2
2.8.1
3.2.1
2.2.5
2.4.5
2.8.2
3.3.1


2.8.3
3.5.4


2.8.4




Pre-Course Survey:
assigned:  Wednesday, 19 January 2005
due Friday 21 January 2005

PDF format

Answer each question with a short paragraph.

1.  What does the term "Water Resources Engineering" mean to you?
2.  What do you want to get out of this course?


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