Subject Code: CE6L511 Name: River Engineering L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit: 4

Pre-requisites: None
River hydraulics; Structure, controls and boundary conditions; Steady and unsteady flow in rivers; Resistance to flow; River morphology; Channel characteristics; River equilibrium and dynamics (regime channels, aggradation and degradation processes); River bank erosion and protection; River engineering measures; River training works; Discharge, water level and water quality aspects; Restoration and remediation of rivers and streams; Case studies.
Text/Reference Books:

  • Chang, H.H., Fluvial Processes in River Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1988.
  • Petersen, M. S., River Engineering, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1986.
  • Thorne, C. R., Hey, R. D., and Newson, M. D., Applied Fluvial Geomorphology for River Engineering and Management, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997.
  • Sturm, T. W., Open Channel Hydraulics, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2009.
  • Chanson, H., The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow: An Introduction, Second Edition, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2004.