Subject description
Storm models, storm maximisation, extreme precipitation estimates, intensity-frequency duration analysis, design storms; rainfall losses, infiltration models, design losses; advanced unit - hydrograph theory, synthetic unit hydrographics; hydrograph synthesis by runoff - routing; design floods for rural and urban catchments.
Equivalence
CIVL322 - Hydraulics and Hydrology
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Engagement hours
Contact Hours:2 hr lecture & 2 hr tutorial per week & 2 hr practical weeks 9-11
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Review critically the basic principles of open channels hydraulics, flood hydrology and pipeline and pumping systems.
2.
Identify and appraise the significant factors which must be considered when analysing these topics.
3.
Evaluate and apply analytical techniques to solve problems in hydraulics and hydrology
4.
Appraise and design channels and channel structures, estimate design floods, and design pipeline and pumping systems.
Assessment details
Weekly tutorial hand-ins
Mid-session Exam
Experimental Report (Hydraulics)
Project Report (Hydrology)
End of session Exam
Textbook information
Hydrology-an Australian Introduction – 1st Edition, Oxford Univ. Press. Anthony Ladson, 2008