K8912040 River Engineering

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Engineering

Lecture Code K8912040 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 河川工学

Subject Name
（Katakana）カセンコウガク

Subject Name in
English River Engineering

Instructor UCHIDA TATSUHIKO

Instructor
(Katakana) ウチダ　タツヒコ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Fri1-4：ENG 107

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

LCD projector, Writing on whiteboard

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 13 : Civil Engineering

Eligible Students Undergraduate students in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Keywords river system, River law, watershed, flood mitigation, water utilization, river enviroment conservation, river planning,Practical work experience，SDG_11

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) This course is prepared to obtain fundamental knowledge and to enhance understanding of the environmental phenomena at the earth's surface and their relations to human activities.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Program of Civil and Environmental Engineering
（Abilities and Skills）
・Ability to structuralize problems
・Ability to analyze  problems

Class Objectives
/Class Outline This lecture aims at providing students with the fundamentals for river management which requires the knowlegde of river law, design for flood mitigation, water utilization, river environment conservation as well as open space utilazation.

Class Schedule lesson1 Outline: hydrologic cycle, river law, flood mitigation, water utilization, environment conservation, maintenance
lesson2 Flood mitigation schemes: design rainfall, design flood, flood exceeding the design level
lesson3-4 River and dam designs, region design plan, B/C, assessment
lesson5
Rainfall: types of heavy rain, climate change, measurement of rainfall, basin-averaged rainfall
lesson6 Hydraulic structures: levee system, dam, weir, retarding basin, groin, gate
lesson7-8 River landscape, vegetation and environment, river morphology, assignment
lesson9 Flood runoff analysis: unit hydrograph, storage function method, tank model, kinematic wave model, flood observation, flood routing
lesson 10 Flood flow analysis: flood flow in curved and meandering research, dike breach, inundation analysis
lesson 11 Sediment transport and bed topography (1): fluvial topography, bed forms, mixed sized sediment transport
lesson 12 Sediment transport and bed topography (2): bed load and suspended load, bed level variation analysis, critical bed tractive force
lesson 13-14 Recent topics in river design and plan, river basin management, urban design, assignment.
lesson 15 Flood control and management: flood damage mitigation, forms of inundation, history of flood damage and flood control measures, structural and nonstructural measures, supper flood,

final exam and assignments after three classes

We plan to include three lessons by visiting lecturers.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. MLIT: Technical manual for river improvement works and sabo works, downloadable at
http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/shishin_guideline/gijutsu/gijutsukijunn/chousa/

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) LCD projector with Powerpoint slides

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Review previous lessons using the lecture notes and the references.

Requirements This lecture needs basic knowledge of hydraulics.

Grading Method The score of this course is graded by reports (60 %) and an end-term exam (40 %).

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Engineering
Lecture Code	K8912040	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	河川工学
Subject Name （Katakana）	カセンコウガク
Subject Name in English	River Engineering
Instructor	UCHIDA TATSUHIKO
Instructor (Katakana)	ウチダ　タツヒコ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Fri1-4：ENG 107
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
LCD projector, Writing on whiteboard
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	13 : Civil Engineering
Eligible Students	Undergraduate students in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keywords	river system, River law, watershed, flood mitigation, water utilization, river enviroment conservation, river planning,Practical work experience，SDG_11
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	This course is prepared to obtain fundamental knowledge and to enhance understanding of the environmental phenomena at the earth's surface and their relations to human activities.
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Program of Civil and Environmental Engineering （Abilities and Skills）・Ability to structuralize problems ・Ability to analyze problems
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This lecture aims at providing students with the fundamentals for river management which requires the knowlegde of river law, design for flood mitigation, water utilization, river environment conservation as well as open space utilazation.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Outline: hydrologic cycle, river law, flood mitigation, water utilization, environment conservation, maintenance lesson2 Flood mitigation schemes: design rainfall, design flood, flood exceeding the design level lesson3-4 River and dam designs, region design plan, B/C, assessment lesson5 Rainfall: types of heavy rain, climate change, measurement of rainfall, basin-averaged rainfall lesson6 Hydraulic structures: levee system, dam, weir, retarding basin, groin, gate lesson7-8 River landscape, vegetation and environment, river morphology, assignment lesson9 Flood runoff analysis: unit hydrograph, storage function method, tank model, kinematic wave model, flood observation, flood routing lesson 10 Flood flow analysis: flood flow in curved and meandering research, dike breach, inundation analysis lesson 11 Sediment transport and bed topography (1): fluvial topography, bed forms, mixed sized sediment transport lesson 12 Sediment transport and bed topography (2): bed load and suspended load, bed level variation analysis, critical bed tractive force lesson 13-14 Recent topics in river design and plan, river basin management, urban design, assignment. lesson 15 Flood control and management: flood damage mitigation, forms of inundation, history of flood damage and flood control measures, structural and nonstructural measures, supper flood, final exam and assignments after three classes We plan to include three lessons by visiting lecturers.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	MLIT: Technical manual for river improvement works and sabo works, downloadable at http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/shishin_guideline/gijutsu/gijutsukijunn/chousa/
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	LCD projector with Powerpoint slides
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Review previous lessons using the lecture notes and the references.
Requirements	This lecture needs basic knowledge of hydraulics.
Grading Method	The score of this course is graded by reports (60 %) and an end-term exam (40 %).
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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