CVEN 4360 – Hydraulic and Hydrological Models

      Spring, 2006

2006-2008 Catalog Data:         CVEN 4360: Advanced topics in hydraulic and hydrological models for water resource engineering system design and analysis. It may include models for watershed hydrological and floodplain hydraulic analysis, and also models for urban stormwater drainage system design and analysis.  May be repeated for credits when subject matter varies. Prerequisite: CVEN 3350, CVEN 3360, CVEN 4350.

Textbook:                                 Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis, by Philip Bedient and Wayne Huber, 3^rd edition, published by Prentice Hall.

Reference:                                HEC-RAS User’s Manual, Hydraulic Reference Manual, and Application Guide; HEC-HMS User’s Manual; and HEC-1 User’s Manual; Computer-Assisted Floodplain Hydrology and Hydraulics, by Daniel Hoggan, 2nd edition, Published by McGraw-Hill

Instructor:                                 Xing Fang, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department

Goals:                                      (1) Apply mathematics, science & engineering principles. Apply concepts of fluid mechanics and hydrology to simulate flood hydrograph from a watershed which may have several sub-basins and simulate flood water surface profile in a river system which may have culverts, bridges, and channel modification. (ABET Outcomes # a)

(2) Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.  Students work as groups for computer projects and oral presentation. (ABET Outcomes # d)

(3) Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. Able to identify and understand various model parameters for hydrograph and water surface profile simulations. (ABET Outcomes # e)

(4) Use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools. Extensively use computer software HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS. (ABET Outcomes # k)

Prerequisites by Topics:            Hydraulics, Hydraulic Engineering, Engineering Hydrology

Topics:

 1.      Analysis of floodplains, Frequency analysis, Basin delineation

2.       Rainfall and rainfall loss, Design storms

 3.      Unit hydrograph theory and application

 4.      Flood routing in rivers and through reservoirs; kinematic-wave method

 5.      Introduction of HEC-HMS program

 6.      Computer projects with HEC-HMS

 7.      Introduction of HEC-1 program

 8.      Steady water surface computation

 9.      HEC RAS program

10.     Program output analysis

11.     Bridge/culvert analysis

12.     Floodway determination and channel improvement

13.     Presentation on HEC-RAS applications

Computer usage: Computational Analysis using HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS Programs with three computer projects and an oral presentation

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:

                        Engineering Science Topics:      2 credits or 67%

                        Engineering Design Topics: 1 credits or 33%