The module is a lecture, which is backed up with practical examples and design tasks. The following topics are covered:
Running waters
- Ecological continuity, European Water Framework Directive (Europäische Wasserrahmenrichtlinie) (2000) and Water Resources Act (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz), minimum water regulations
- Natural and anthropogenically shaped (urban) flowing waters
- Water level calculation
- Hydraulic dimensioning of river structures (weirs, fishways, bed slides, etc.)
Storage facilities
- Construction elements of dams
- Design and dimensioning of flood retention basins Hydropower
- Design and dimensioning of hydropower plants Project as group work
- Design of hydraulic structures, revitalisation measures, etc.
- Presentation (report and presentation)