421-321 Engineering Hydrology

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At the conclusion of this subject, students will have acquired a user-oriented knowledge in engineering hydrology with sufficient theory to allow them to pursue further study in the field, and will have sufficient detailed background material and methodology of Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 in 'Australian Rainfall and Runoff' (1987). Students will also have a grasp of basic techniques in stochastic data generation and storage yield analysis, as well as an understanding of field methods for measuring hydrologic variables. In addition, students will have a general appreciation of groundwater aquifer systems, the equations governing groundwater flow and the role of numerical modelling in the analysis of groundwater systems.

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Precipitation:

Atmospheric circulation, hydrologic cycle, rainfall processes, measurement and data error analysis and regression, spatial and temporal patterns, rainfall frequency.

Streamflow:

Hydrographs, rational method, unit hydrograph and runoff routing models, flood frequency, yield from small and large catchments, rainfall-runoff models, stochastic procedures.

Groundwater:

Aquifer types, unsteady 2-D groundwater flow equation, transmissivity, storage constant, specific yield, simple well hydraulics, numerical modelling in groundwater studies.

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