HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Class:: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL-SHIFTING
Subclass:: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

Description

E02B covers the design, construction, and maintenance of hydraulic structures and water management systems. This includes dams, locks, weirs, sluices, breakwaters, seawalls, and coastal defense installations, as well as dredging equipment and sediment control systems. The subclass addresses both civil engineering works for water control and flood prevention, and structures for navigation and harbor development. Related structural foundations and earthworks are classified separately under E02D.

Related Keywords

CONDUITSDOCK(S)hydraulic ENGINEERINGHYDRAULIC(S) engineeringINTAKES for water power planthydraulic engineering work for PORTS or harbourssubaqueous STRUCTURESSUBAQUEOUS structuresSUBIRRIGATIONhydraulic engineering work for WATERWAYS

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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E02B 1/00 Equipment or apparatus for, or methods of, general hydraulic engineering
E02B 11/00 Drainage of soil, e.g. for agricultural purposes
E02B 13/00 Irrigation ditches, i.e. gravity flow, open channel water distribution systems
E02B 15/00 Cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water; Apparatus therefor
E02B 17/00 Artificial islands mounted on piles or like supports, e.g. platforms on raisable legs; Construction methods therefor
E02B 3/00 Engineering work in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering work in general
E02B 5/00 Artificial water canals
E02B 7/00 Barrages or weirs; Layout, construction, methods of, or devices for, making same
E02B 8/00 Details of barrages or weirs
E02B 9/00 Water-power plants; Layout, construction or equipment, methods of, or apparatus for, making same