WAT-E1100 - Water and Environmental Engineering, Lecture, 5.9.2022-24.10.2022

Topic outline

• Week 3: Environmental Hydraulics
  Week 3 of WAT course deals with environmental hydraulics and environmentally sound hydraulic engineering. They form a rapidly developing research domain with an objective to protect and restore quality of the environment when using water resources. We seek to improve our understanding of the dynamics and processes of water, sediment, vegetation, nutrients, and harmful substances in the hydro-environment. The proper understanding of the associated physical, chemical and biological attributes and processes is the basis for the development of reliable modelling tools for river hydraulics, and sediment and pollutant transport. At the Aalto University, environmental hydraulics is a transdisciplinary field combining technological, environmental, economical, and societal interests in a wide context. Our studies cover both natural and built environments, in particular rivers, agricultural channels, and urban water features.

  This week focuses on experimental research methods using the Environmental Hydraulics Flow Channel. You will learn how laboratory, field-scale experiments and numerical models can be used to develop potential engineering solutions to transdisciplinary problems, with a view on river hydraulics and fluvial geomorphology. The broader context is treated with help of a scientific communication task. We'll wrap up on Friday discussing both general concepts and detailed analyses.

  Two exercises are organized in this week: 

  • 1) Weekly exercise: Flume assignment (group work; DL on Thursday) 
  • 2) Thematic task: Scientific communication (individual work; DLs on Friday). 

  General schedule for the week is shown in the figure, followed by the detailed daily schedule below.

  
  

  • Detailed schedule (changes possible)
    

    All contact sessions take place in campus
    

    Monday 19.9.

    9:00 lecture sets the context of environmental hydraulics and environmentally sound hydraulic engineering; intro to the scientific communication task
    13:00 session covers experimental methods and data analyses including measurement uncertainty; intro to the flume assignment

    Tuesday 20.9.

    Flume groups (~1hr each; when your group is not attending a teaching session, you should work independently on the scientific communication task and/or flume assignment)
    9:00 group 1
    10:30 group 2
    13:00 group 3

    Wednesday 21.9.

    Flume groups (~1hr each; when your group is not attending a teaching session, you should work independently on the article-based task and/or flume assignment)
    9:00 group 4
    10:30 group 5
    

    13:00 group 6
    

    
    

    Thursday 22.9.

    10:00-12:00 Helpdesk (remotely in Teams, voluntary)
    19:00 Flume assignment DL

    Friday 23.9.

    9:00 Wrap-up of the flume assignment (all groups together)
    12:00 Scientific communication task A and B (text and graphics) DL
    13:00 Scientific communication session (all groups together)
    19:00 Scientific communication task C (audio) DL

  • Lecture material

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  • Exercise material

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    Weekly exercise: Flume assignment

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    Thematic task: Communicating science, tasks A and B; DL on Fri at 12:00 Assignment

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    Thematic task: Communicating science, task C; DL on Fri at 19:00 Assignment

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