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Improvement of Rivers

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Course Unit Code546-0772/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DVO203doc. Ing. Tomáš Dvorský, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP
Summary
Subject list-form of macroinstruction: with development drainage pattern; with
fluxion in troughs; regularities production trough; with appraisal of quality
steadiness trough; with solving and drafting adjustments flows; manners
channel lining; with print riparian constructions and objects on it duvet-
covers; with problems protective dike; with adjustments flows in specific
conditions; linking adjustments flows to the landscapes; with vegetative
manners adjustments flows; with projection adjustments flows.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal is to get acquainted with basic principles and processes of preparation of surface flows. Basic information about the phenomena arising from the flow of water in the channels of flow, flow regimes in rivers, different methods and flow adjustments, including adjustments to flow close to nature.
Course Contents
1. Development of river networks.
2. Flow in channels.
3. Patterns of natural riverbed, Stability of the trough.
4. Design modifications.
5. Fortification.
6. Riparian structure.
7. Objects on flows.
8. Protective dikes.
9. Flow adjustments in specific conditions.
10. Involvement of adjustments of water flow into the landscape.
11. Landscaping.
12. Design flow adjustments.
13. Legislation.

Practice:
Calculation of design parameters changes watercourse. Assessment of changes in the bed of the watercourse. Propose modifications to the watercourse.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Waal, L. C., Large, A. R.G., Wade P. M.: Rehabilitation of rivers: Principles
and implementation. Chichester: Wiley, 1998.
Jansen, P.: Principles of river egineering. London: Pitman Publishig Limited,
1979.
Cushing, C. E., Allan, J. D.: Streams: their ecology and life. San Diego,
Academic Press, 2001.
Novický, O.: Water in the Czech Republic. Praha: Ministry of the Environment
of the Czech Republic, 1998.
Výbora P. : Navrhování úprav toků, VUT Brno, 1986
Mareš K. : Projektování úprav toků, ČVUT Praha, 1974
Skatula L. : Hrazení bystřin a strží, ČVUT Praha, 1959
Votruba L. : Vodohospodářské inženýrství, ČVUT Praha, 1975
Bém J. : Vodohospodářské inženýrství, ČVUT Praha, 1990
Vyhláška č. 79/2018 Sb. o způsobu a rozsahu zpracování návrhu a stanovení záplavových území a jejich dokumentace
PATOČKA, C. a L. MACURA. Úpravy toků. SNTL Praha, 1989
MAREŠ, K. Úpravy toků, navrhování koryt. Praha: ČVUT, 1997
VÝBORA, P. Navrhování úprav toků. Brno: VUT, 1986
CUSHING, C. E. a J. D. ALLAN. Streams: Their Ecology and Life. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001
Recommended Reading:
ČSN 75 0120 Water management - Terminology of hydrotechnics structures
ČSN 75 2101 Ecologisation of watercourse regulation
Vyhláška č. 79/2018 Sb. o způsobu a rozsahu zpracování návrhu a stanovení záplavových území a jejich dokumentace
ČSN 75 0120 Vodní hospodářství - Terminologie hydrotechniky, ČSN 75 2101 Ekologizace úprav vodních toků
BÉM, J. Vodohospodářské inženýrství. Praha: ČVUT, 1990
NOVICKÝ, O. Water in the Czech Republic. Praha: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, 1998

Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18