Course overview
This course will develop students' knowledge and skills in open channel hydraulics and engineering hydrology. Hydrological cycle and water balance, hydro-meteorological data collection and interpretation, temporal distribution of design rainfall data, design flood of a small catchment and impact of land-use changes, Introduction to open channel hydraulics, open channel design, flow profile classification, computation and 1D flood-plain modelling, Introduction to HEC-RAS modelling.
Course learning outcomes
- Understand hydrological processes and the concept of hydrological modelling (PO 1), (EA 1.1, 1.3).
- Describe the concept of water balance and apply to a selected hydrological system (PO 1,4), (EA 1.1, 1.3, 2.1).
- Measure and interpret temporal and spatial variability of hydro-meteorological data (PO 1,4,) (EA 1.1, 1.3, 2.1).
- Quantify design flood at a catchment outlet and investigate impact of land-use changes (PO 1,4), (EA 1.1, 1.3, 2.1).
- Perform open channel flow analyses (PO 1,4), (EA 1.1, 1.3, 2.1).
- Design an open channel system (PO 1,4,5), (EA 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3).
- Develop, run, and evaluate a one-dimensional model of a river channel system using HEC-RAS software (PO 1,4,5,7,), (EA 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2).