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Hydraulic Structure Sizing Course

Hydraulic Structure Sizing Course
flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This course equips you with hands-on skills to confidently size pipes, channels, and sharp-crested weirs. Master Darcy–Weisbach and Manning’s equations along with standard weir formulas, determine optimal slopes and velocities, evaluate headloss and freeboard, and employ spreadsheet iterations for precise designs. Develop robust, justifiable designs using documented calculations and practical templates.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Pipe and channel sizing: design efficient PVC lines and trapezoidal canals quickly.
  • Headloss and energy checks: compute friction, minor losses, and hydraulic grade lines.
  • Weir design mastery: size sharp-crested rectangular weirs for accurate flow control.
  • Spreadsheet hydraulics: build reliable Excel tools for pipes, channels, and weirs.
  • Design documentation: write clear, professional hydraulic notes with justified inputs.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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