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, elevators, and to both sanitary and environmental engineering. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... A fluid is defined as a substance that continually deforms (flows) under an applied shear stress regardless of the magnitude of the applied stress. ... Water is a chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life. ... This article is about the edifice (including an index to articles on specific bridge types). ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ... Look up Channel on Wiktionary, the free dictionary In general, channel refers to the path between two endpoints. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Channel (geography). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dike (construction). ... Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improving the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthful water, air and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to investigate the possibilities for remediation of polluted sites. ...

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. DAMS is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. ... This article is about the type of dam. ... Transport engineering aims to ensure the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. ... Bostons Big Dig presented geotechnical challenges in an urban environment. ... The term traffic engineering is used in more than one sense. ...

Related branches include hydrology, hydraulic modelling, flood mapping, catchment flood management plans, shoreline management plans, esturine strategies, coastal protection, and flood alleviation.

Significant Floods

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Significant Modern Floods A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ...

See also

International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research The International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), founded in 1935, is a worldwide independent organisation of engineers and water specialists working in fields related to hydraulics and its practical application. ...