CVEN 3360 –Engineering Hydrology

      Spring, 2006

2006-2008 Catalog Data:         CVEN 3360: Precipitation, surface water, infiltration and sub-surface water. Analysis of rainfall and runoff data.  Collection studies. Hydraulics of wells.  Net storm rain; peak discharge and flood runoff.  Prerequisite: MEEN 2302

Textbook:                                 Warren Viessman and Gary Lewis, Introduction to Hydrology, 5th Edition.

Reference:                                Applied Hydrology by Chow, Maidment, and Mays.

Instructor:                                 Xing Fang, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department

Goals:                                       (1) Apply mathematics, science & engineering principles. Study and apply concepts on occurrence, distribution, movement, and properties of the waters of the earth to quantify runoff hydrograph response to precipitation for a watershed (ABET Outcomes # a)

(2) Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. Identify and calculate hydrological parameters for the design of hydraulic structures. (ABET Outcomes # e)

(3) Use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools. Use Excel to solve various hydrological problems through comprehensive labs and introduction of state-of-art software HEC-HMS. (ABET Outcomes # k)

Prerequisites by Topics:            Dynamics

Topics:

1.      Introduction of hydrology and hydrologic cycle

2.      Formation of precipitation, point and areal precipitation, variations in precipitation

3.      Interception, depression storage, evaporation and transpiration

4.      Infiltration models to quantify rainfall loss

5.      Surface water hydrology, streamflow measurements (stage-discharge relations)

6.      Hydrograph characteristics, unit hydrograph, derivation of unit hydrographs   

7.      S-hydrograph, IUH, hydrograph synthesis                           

9.      Hydrograph routing (Reservoir and river routing, Muskingum method))

10.    Groundwater hydrology (steady and non-steady flow to wells)

11.    Urban hydrology (Rational Method)

12.    Hydrology in design (hydrologic design criteria and design storms)

13.    Statistical method in hydrology (frequency analysis of hydrological data)

Computer usage – Use Excel to solve various hydrological problems through comprehensive labs and introduction of state-of-art software HEC-HMS.

Laboratory projects:

1.        Precipitation computation

2.        Infiltration determination

3.        Runoff computation and hydrograph analysis

4.        Flood routing analysis

5.        Effects of urbanization and detention pond design

Use of probability and statistics - Application of recurrence intervals in hydrology.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:

This course contributes to the engineering science and engineering design component.

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

                                    Basic Science Topics: 1 credit or 33%             

                                    Engineering Science Topics:      1 credit or 34%

                                    Engineering Design Topics: 1 credit or 33%