CE 372 Engineering Hydrology and Hydraulics

Fall 2006

 

Course material

 

Email Prof. Chris Rehmann for more information.

 

  1. Lecture 1, Mon. August 21:  Introduction

Syllabus

Lecture notes

 

  1. Lecture 2, Wed. August 23:  Hydrologic cycle, water balance, introduction to precipitation

Optional exercises: Problems 2.1 and 2.4 in the textbook

 

  1. Lecture 3, Fri. August 25:  Probability for hydrology and frequency analysis

Optional exercises: Problems 8.2, 8.5

Homework 1

Skunk River discharges for HW 1

 

  1. Lecture 4, Mon. August 28:  Probability for hydrology and frequency analysis

Optional exercises: Problems 8.14, 8.16, 8.19

Lecture notes

 

  1. Lecture 5, Wed. August 30:  Probability for hydrology and frequency analysis

See lecture 4.

 

  1. Lecture 6, Fri. September 1:  Precipitation: IDF curves

Lecture notes

Homework 2, Expectations sheet, data for problem 5, data for problem 6, data for problem 9

Frequency factors for the log-Pearson type III PDF

 

  1. Lecture 7, Wed. September 6:  Precipitation: Spatial averaging

Optional exercises: Problems 2.12, 2.13

Lecture notes (read “Determining average precipitation over large areas” and look at the links for “arithmetic average”, “Thiessen method”, and “isohyetal method”)

Comments on HW 1

 

  1. Lecture 8, Fri. September 8:  Precipitation: Spatial averaging and PMP

Homework 3

 

  1. Lecture 9, Mon. September 11:  Interception

Comments on HW 2

 

  1. Lecture 10, Wed. September 13:  Infiltration process

 

  1. Lecture 11, Fri. September 15:  Infiltration: Horton model

 

  1. Lecture 12, Mon. September 18:  Infiltration: Horton model

Comments on HW 3

Homework 4

 

  1. Lecture 13, Wed. September 20:  Infiltration: Horton model

Optional exercise

 

  1. Lecture 14, Fri. September 22:  Infiltration: NRCS method

Optional exercise: Problem 2.39

 

  1. Lecture 15, Mon. September 25:  Time of concentration

Optional exercise: Problem 13.11 (Use only the methods we discussed in lecture)

Comments on HW 4

Learning objectives

 

  1. Lecture 16, Wed. September 27:  Time of concentration, Rational method

 

  1. Lecture 17, Fri. September 29:  Rational method

Optional exercise: Use the rational method to determine the peak flow for problem 13.11 for the 10-year storm in Chicago.

Homework 5

 

  1. Lecture 18, Mon. October 2: Rational method

 

  1. Lecture 19, Wed. October 4: Hydrographs

Optional exercises: Problems 7.12, 7.14

 

  1. Lecture 20, Fri. October 6:  Hydrographs

 

  1. Lecture 21, Mon. October 9:  Hydrographs

 

  1. Lecture 22, Wed. October 11:  Reservoir routing

Optional exercise: Problem 12.1

 

  1. Lecture 23, Fri. October 13:  Reservoir routing

Homework 6

                        Data for problem 24

                        Interpolation add-in

 

  1. Lecture 24, Mon. October 16:  River routing

Optional exercise: Problem 12.6

 

  1. Lecture 25, Wed. October 18:  Open channel flow: energy principle

Optional exercise: Problem 10.2

Comments on HW 5

 

  1. Lecture 26, Fri. October 20:  Open channel flow: energy principle

Optional exercise: Problems 10.16, 10.18

 

  1. Lecture 27, Mon. October 23:  Open channel flow: uniform flow

 

  1. Lecture 28, Wed. October 25:  Open channel flow: channel design

Optional exercise: Problems 10.20, 10.22

Comments on HW 6

 

  1. Lecture 29, Fri. October 27:  Open channel flow: gradually varied flow

 

  1. Lecture 30, Mon. October 30:  Exam 2

 

  1. Lecture 31, Wed. November 1:  Open channel flow: gradually varied flow

Homework 7

 

  1. Lecture 32, Fri. November 3: Open channel flow: direct step method

Optional exercises: Problem 10.31

 

  1. Lecture 33, Mon. November 5: Storm sewer design

Handout for lecture example

 

  1. Lecture 34, Wed. November 7: Storm sewer design

 

  1. Lecture 35, Fri. November 10: Pressure driven flow in pipes

Optional exercises: Problems 11.2 (compute the friction factor correctly), 11.8

Homework 8

Data for problem 30

 

  1. Lecture 36, Mon. November 13: Pressure driven flow in pipes

Optional exercises: 11.21, 11.24

Comments on HW 7

 

  1. Lecture 37, Wed. November 15: Pumps

Optional exercises: 11.43, 11.47

 

  1. Lecture 38, Fri. November 17: Pipe networks

Optional exercise: 11.25 (Use EPANET)

EPANET

Comments on HW 8

 

  1. Lecture 39, Mon. November 28: Groundwater basics

Optional exercises: 3.3, 3.9

Homework 9

 

  1. Lecture 40, Wed. November 30: Wells, capture zone

Optional exercise: 4.9

 

  1. Lecture 41, Fri. December 1: Wells, pump tests

Optional exercise: 4.20

                        Learning objectives

 

  1. Lecture 42, Mon. December 4: Pump tests

Optional exercises: 4.15, 4.21

 

  1. Lecture 43, Wed. December 6: Review

 

  1. Lecture 44, Fri. December 8: Optional exam

 

Final exam: Tues. December 12, 7:30-9:30 A.M.