421-321 Engineering Hydrology

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

421-231 Fluid Mechanics (or equivalent)

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

At the conclusion of this unit students will have acquired a user-oriented knowledge in engineering hydrology with sufficient theory to allow them to pursue further study in the field.

Topics covered include:

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.

Assessment

One written examination not exceeding three-hours (85%) Assignments totalling up to 5000 words (15%)