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Nov 23, 2024
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CV 518 - Watercourse Design3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course will explore tools and analyses used to develop engineering designs for projects within streams, rivers and other natural or semi-natural watercourses. The focus will be the hydrologic and hydraulic aspects of design, establishing the flow conditions that are a primary driver of the ecological, geomorphic and biochemical processes within aquatic systems. Standard modeling techniques will be emphasized (HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS) but the use of more sophisticated analyses will also be introduced. Topics include watercourse system functions and processes, design flow estimation, watercourse hydraulics, scour sediment transport and geomorphology, and habitat design. (prereq: CV 310 or equivalent)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand functions and processes associated with watercourses
- Develop flow targets to meet watercourse design objectives
- Use HEC-RAS modeling to assess the one-dimensional hydraulic conditions within a watercourse reach
- Understand the relevance of two-dimensional and unsteady hydraulic phenomena to watercourse designs
- Understand the application of sediment transport and geomorphology to the restoration of watercourse systems
- Apply hydraulic model results to analyze scour protection needs
- Understand the concepts relevant to floodplain restoration along watercourses
- Analyze the hydraulic conditions related to in-stream structures within watercoures
Prerequisites by Topic
- Water Resources Engineering
Course Topics
- Watercourse System Functions and Processes
- Design Flow Estimation
- Watercourse Hydraulics
- Scour, Sediment Transport and Geomorphology
- Habitat Design
Coordinator
Frank Mahuta
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