About Hydraulic Engineering
Hydraulic engineering as a sub-discipline of civil engineering is concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage. One feature of these systems is the extensive use of gravity as the motive force to cause the movement of the fluids.
Libya floods: Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic
Sep 13,2023 12:31 pm
... " These dams are susceptible to overtopping [when water exceeds a dam s capacity], and while concrete dams can survive overtopping, rockfill dams usually cannot, " says Exeter University s Prof Dragan Savic, an expert in Hydraulic Engineering in the UK...
Italy floods leave nine dead and force 13,000 from their homes
May 18,2023 8:31 am
... No regional dams has been built for 40 years and a new approach to Hydraulic Engineering engineering was needed...