Sediment transport (bedload and suspended sediment transport), weirs, energy-dissipating structures, hydraulic gates, translatory waves, water intakes; design principles for dams (concrete and embankment dams) and storage with operating facilities (spillways, bottom outlets, etc.); hydroelectric power in low pressure systems, (river power plants), high-pressure systems (surge shaft and penstocks etc.) and medium-pressure systems (dams with power houses); power houses with hydraulic machinery (turbines and pumps) for high pressure and low pressure systems with basic design; principles of river training works (flood defense).
The exam exclusively concerns the materials included in the PowerPoint documents. The questions will be in German, but English versions will be available on request (there is no need to request them in advance).
The exam consists of two parts, separated by a 15 min break.
- The first part covers the theory and takes 45 minutes. This part is closed book, meaning that you are not allowed to use any documents. The questions aim at testing your understanding of the theory; there is no need to memorize equations or to be able to derive equations. A multiple choice test is used for this, which is then evaluated automatically! A questionnaire and an answer sheet are issued. PLEASE NOTE: Only the correct ticks on the answer sheet will be evaluated! (To prepare for the exam, be sure to visit the associated tutorial in the TUWEL course.)
- The second part consists of exercises and takes 90 minutes. The only material allowed is the formulary, which includes all relevant information required to solve the exercises. The formulary will be handed out during the exam (but is also available on TUWEL/TISS for study purposes). Electronic devices are not allowed, except a non-programmable pocket calculator.
The theoretical part will count for half of the total note, and the exercises will count half as well. Only the total note will determine whether or not you pass the exam. There is no oral exam.
Some further information concerning the exam:
- The available seats in the lecture hall are those where paper lies on the desk.
- Do not forget to write your name and matriculation number on every page you use.
- Put your Studentenausweis on the Table.
- Beside your Studentenausweis, you are only allowed to have a pen and a Geodreieck on your desk for the theoretical part. For the exercises, you are allowed to have in addition a non-programmable pocket calculator and formulary (optional).
- Questions can only be answered on official paper, i.e. the paper that you find on the desk. Additional paper can be obtained on request.
- The theoretical questions must be crossed clearly on the answer sheet, not on the questionnaire (see tutorial in the TUWEL course).
- Every exercise has to be answered on a separate page. The structure of your answers must follow and include the numbering of the questions.
- All papers will be collected at the end, including drafts.
