Study Programmes 2015-2016
GCIV0009-1  
Water Constructions in River, Conception and Execution
Duration :
34h Th, 24h Pr, 1d FW, 2h Labo., 16h Proj.
Number of credits :
Master in civil engineering (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Sébastien Erpicum, Philippe Rigo
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
This lecture (given in French by the 2 lecturers) is about the design and construction of navigation locks and the works generally associated such as hydropower plants and fish passes. Notions of river engineering are also given.
Table of content
- Main types of hydraulic structures: locks (including shiplifts and inclined planes), mobile dams, storm barriers, hydropowerplants, fish passes.
- Principles of multi criteria analyses
- Navigation locks: filling/emptying systems, gates, valves, ancilliary works, stability, construction modes.
- Water intakes and dessilting structures.
 
- Hydropowerplants
- Fisk passes
- River engineering: banks protection
- Introduction to fixed dams  
+ a technical visit to a lock
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, the student will be able to understand and apply the basic knowledge of design of river hydraulic structures - locks , water intakes, fix dams - from a structural and hydraulic point of view. Through group projects, the writing of reports and the oral presentation of results, the students will develop their abilities of self-learning and application of the notions teached during the lectures, their ability to work in group as well as their capacity to structure and expose in writing and orally their reasoning.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
The course uses the general notions of solid, structure and soil mechanics as well as of hydraulics given in the framework of the education in civil engineering (hydraulic structures).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is based on lectures and practical works, possibly in group.
Field visits are schedule to illustrate the notions given during lectures.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face to face course
Recommended or required readings :
Several books and technical (pdf version distributed - available on a FTP website)
including the PIANC REports n°101 and 106
see http://www.pianc.org/ 
Some slides on water intakes and river engineering, spillways are available on e-campus.
Facultative readings:
  • Constructions hydrauliques, Hager W.H. et Schleiss A. J., Presses polytechniques Universitaires Romandes : Lausanne
  • Hydraulic Structures, Novak P., Moffat A.I.B., Nalluri C., Narayanan R., Taylor & Francis : London
Assessment methods and criteria :
The written reports of practical work/exercises are evaluated. An oral examination is organized at the end of the course.
The mark of part 1 (prof. Ph. Rigo) counts for 60% of the final mark and the one of part 2 (Dr S. Erpicum) for 40%, for all that a mark of 9/20 has been get for each part individually. Otherwise, the teachers decide together of the value of the final mark.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Organized from Fev to May (2nd semester): 4 h/week and 4 days personal work to realise practical works.
Contacts :
Ph RIGO Ph.rigo@ulg.ac.be +32 (0) 4 366 93 66
S Erpicum S.Erpicum@ulg.ac.be(ErpicumS.Erpicum@ulg.ac.be +32(0)4 366 95 96)