Civil Engineering B-tech assignments/projects

1. Project: Request for detailed designs of a raw water pumping system.

A new wastewater treatment plant is to be designed in Vondo, Limpopo Province,

South Africa. You are tasked with recommendation of a pump system that will
overcome a certain head. The wastewater is to be pumped from the primary
sedimentation tanks into the biological treatment plant. The details of the project are
a follows:

Sedimentation wastewater surface elevation = 7 m

Biological treatment plant wastewater surface elevation = 57 m

Total length of the pipeline = 1.5 km

Pipeline to be installed is a PVC class 12

Suction diameter = 200 mm

Discharge diameter = 315 mm

Length of the suction side = 500 m

Length of the discharge side = 1000 m

Design Requirements

 Calculate and populate the system curves for both the raw water abstraction
system.
 Maintain a flow rate of atleast 3 l/s (litres per second).
 Select pumps that will achieve the specified flow and calculated head.
 Provide finalized system curves that indicate flow, head, power, efficiency and
NPSH values.
 Provide specifications and manuals for the selected pumps and motors.
2. Project: Review on the application of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in Water
Engineering, Civil Engineering. (Individual assignment/project)

No submission Below Satisfactory Excellent

satisfactory
Introduction No submission Neural networks Neural networks Neural networks
or attempt. introduction introduction introduction
excludes the includes the ANN includes the ANN
ANN structure, structure, structure, neurons,
neurons, neurons, weights, weights, bias,
weights, bias, bias, activation activation function,
activation function, and and training
function, and training methods methods to an
training methods. to a limited extent. excellent extent.
(5) (15) (25)
Equations No submission Atleast one of the Almost all All equations of
or attempt. equations of equation of activation
activation activation functions, training
function, training function, training methods, are
methods, are methods, are shown. (15)
shown. (5) shown. (10)
Application of No submission Three Five applications seven applications
ANN in water or attempt. applications mentioned of mentioned of ANN
engineering mentioned of ANN in water in water
ANN in water engineering. (30) engineering. (40)
engineering. (15)
Reference No submission Three references Five references Seven references
or attempt. mentioned of mentioned of mentioned of
articles that articles that articles that applied
applied ANN in applied ANN in ANN in water
water water engineering, plus a
engineering, plus engineering, plus reference list
a reference list a reference list (Havard style). (15)
 (Havard style). (Havard style).
(5) (10)
Cover page No submission No student Cover page Cover page has all
or attempt. Or name, student missing two of the information. (5)
No cover number, information in the
page(0) assignment date, previous section.
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heading, TUT
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