Hydraulic engineering

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.

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 utilized by traffic engineers.

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

Hydraulic engineering already highly developed under the Roman Empire where it was espacially applied to the construction and maintenance of aqueducts. The recent best-selling historical novel Pompeii has such a Roman hydraulic engineer ("aquarius" in Latin) as its main protagonist.

See also

• International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
• Sunshu Ao
• Ximen Bao
• Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
• Significant modern floods

External links

• Hydraulic press manufacturer
• International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
• Hydraulic Engineering in Prehistoric Mexico
• Hydrologic Engineering Center