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Hydraulic Structure Sizing Course

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

What will I learn?

The Hydraulic Structure Sizing Course gives you practical skills to size pipes, channels, and sharp-crested weirs with confidence. Learn to apply Darcy–Weisbach, Manning’s equation, and standard weir formulas, set slopes and velocities, check headloss and freeboard, and use spreadsheet-based iterations. Build clear, defensible designs with solid assumptions, documented calculations, and ready-to-use templates.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Pipe and channel sizing: design efficient PVC lines and trapezoidal canals fast.
  • 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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