Hydraulic engineering
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Hydraulic engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water. This area of engineering is intimately related to the design of bridges, dams, channels, canals, levees, and to both sanitary and environmental engineering.
Common topics of design for Hydraulic Engineers includes Hydraulic Structures, including Dams and Levees, Water Distribution Networks, Water Collection Networks, Storm Water Management, Sediment Transport, and various other topics related to Transportation engineering and Geotechnical engineering. Equations developed from the principles of fluid dynamics are frequently utilised by traffic engineers.
Related branches include hydrology, hydraulic modelling, flood mapping, catchment flood management plans, shoreline management plans, esturine strategies, coastal protection, and flood alleviation.
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[edit] Significant Floods
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
[edit] See also
International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
