Course Details

Ponds and purpose reservoirs

Academic Year 2023/24

BSB010 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-SI / V Summer Semester 4th year

Introduction, definitions, history of the pond construction in CR
Categorization and function, research, selection of locality for small water reservoir
Water management of small water reservoirs, water losses, physical, chemical and biological processes
Pond dams, outlets, extractions, safety spillways, pond bottom, littoral zone, reservoir surrounding
Fish breeding ponds, water supply, industrial and irrigation reservoirs,
Polders, Erosion control reservoirs, rain water reservoirs, etc.
Operation and service regulations, mud removal, reservoirs restoration
Reconstruction and updating of small water reservoirs, faults of the pond dams, mistakes in ponds designing,
course of construction.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Overview of ponds and small water reservoirs subject, knowledge of directives, the ability of designing ponds, knowledge of construction principles in the process of designing.

Knowledge

Student gains overview of ponds and small water reservoirs, knowledge of directives, ability of designing ponds, knowledge of construction principles in the process of designing.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the topic, history and purpose of ponds and small reservoirs, ecological and economical benefits.
2. Location of the reservior, design fundamentals, rules and specifications.
3. Water management solution of small water reservoirs.
4. Layout and technical solution of small water reservoirs.
5. Dams – types, construction principles.
6. Outflow facilities – design, types, construction principles.
7. Safety spillways – design, types, construction principles.
8. Withdrawal structures, special objects.
9. Regulation of river channel under the reservoir, bottom arrangement and finishing of reservoir surrounding.
10. Errors in dams and objects design, defects and failures. Fundaments for design, valid regulations, surveys.
11. Operation and service regulations of small water reservoirs. Reconstruction of small water reservoirs, mud removal, faults of the pond dams, course of construction.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of hydraulics and water management solution of reservoirs including transformation function.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

6 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the topic, history and purpose of ponds and small reservoirs, ecological and economical benefits. 2. Location of the reservior, design fundamentals, rules and specifications. 3. Water management solution of small water reservoirs. 4. Layout and technical solution of small water reservoirs. 5. Dams – types, construction principles. 6. Outflow facilities – design, types, construction principles. 7. Safety spillways – design, types, construction principles. 8. Withdrawal structures, special objects. 9. Regulation of river channel under the reservoir, bottom arrangement and finishing of reservoir surrounding. 10. Errors in dams and objects design, defects and failures. Fundaments for design, valid regulations, surveys. 11. Operation and service regulations of small water reservoirs. Reconstruction of small water reservoirs, mud removal, faults of the pond dams, course of construction.

Exercise

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. First Introduction to seminars – axis of the dam, reservoir characteristics. 2. Longitudinal profile of the dam, the choice of dam height (4–6 m). 3. Longitudinal profile of the flood area. 4. Water management solution of the reservoir – water balance data for the profile (qa, Qa evaporation..). 5. Typical cross section of the dam. 6. Cross sections of the dam. 7. Calculation of outflow facilities. 8. Calculation of safety spillway. 9. Longitudinal profile of the safety spillway. 10. Layout of the dam with objects. Estimation the amount of sediment. 11. Technical report. Check, credit.