Hydrology and Floodplain Hydraulics

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: CEE 303 and CEE 325. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (4 credits) Fundamentals of surface-water hydrology, flow in open channels and flood hazard mitigation. Rainfall-runoff relations. Unit hydrograph method. Uniform and nonuniform flow in open channels. Measurement and control of river flow. Flood waves in rivers, floodplains and reservoirs. Design of storage basins, storm channels and culverts. Lecture, laboratory and computation.