CE 374K HYDROLOGY

Spring 2013

SYLLABUS 

UNIQUE NUMBER:            15610

INSTRUCTOR:        David R. Maidment

                                    Office: ECJ 8.610

                                    Phone: Campus 471-4620, CRWR 471-0065

                                    E-mail: maidment@mail.utexas.edu

Web: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/CE374KSpr13/CE374K.htm   

OFFICE HOURS:     Tuesday and Thursday 1-2:30PM, ECJ 8.610              

LECTURES:             Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00-12:30PM, ECJ 6.406             

OBJECTIVES:         This course is designed to present these Academic/Learning Goals

§  The movement of water through the phases of the hydrologic cycle

§  Modeling of hydrologic systems

§  An introduction to hydrologic design

PREREQUISITES:  CE 311S and CE 356

COMPUTER:           Proficiency with computers and familiarity with a spreadsheet program like Excel is expected. There will be some computer assignments using HEC computer programs to be completed in the LRC.   The ArcGIS Geographic Information System and the CUAHSI HydroDesktop Hydrologic Information System may be used.

TEXT:                        The required text is “Applied Hydrology” by Chow, Maidment and Mays, McGraw-Hill, 1988.  This will be available in pdf form through the Blackboard web site for this class.

CLASS FORMAT:   Lectures supplemented with outside reading, homework, and exams.

CLASS OUTLINE:  See attached.

GRADING:               Quizzes, 2 @ 25%      = 50%

                                    Homework                  = 25%

                                    Final Exam                  = 25%

            I will assign grades using the scale: A = 95 – 100%; A- = 90 – 94%; B+ = 87 – 89%; B = 83 – 86%;

B- = 80 – 82%; C+ = 77 – 79%; C = 73 – 76%; C- = 70 – 72%; D = 60 – 69%; F < 60%

Any problems, personal or otherwise, affecting grades should be brought to the instructor's attention.

HOMEWORK POLICY:     Homework assignments are due in by 5PM on the day assigned. There is a box outside my door in ECJ 8.610 for turning in assignments after the class hour, if necessary. Homework must be done on clean paper, stapled in the top left corner, have your name in the top right corner.

EXAMINATIONS:   There will be two 75 minute in-class examinations and the final examination. Each examination will be closed book, although you will be allowed a 1-page review sheet, and will be given on the date and time indicated. Missed examinations may be made up only if the reason for missing was illness or some other emergency. Final Exam is scheduled to be given on Friday May 10, 9AM-12 noon.

EVALUATION:       An evaluation of the course and instructor will be conducted at the end of the semester using the approved UT Course/Instructor evaluation forms.

DROP POLICY:       From the 1st through the 12th class day, an undergraduate student can drop a course via the web and receive a refund, if eligible.   From the 13th through the university’s academic drop deadline, a student may Q drop a course with approval from the Dean, and departmental advisor.  After the academic drop deadline has passed, a student may drop a course only with Dean’s approval, and only for urgent, substantiated, non-academic reasons.

DISHONESTY:         University procedures will be followed in dealing with cases of suspected scholastic dishonesty. 

ATTENDANCE:      Regular class attendance is expected in accordance with The University's General Information catalog and the School of Engineering policy (see the section on Attendance in the Undergraduate Catalog).

IMPORTANT NOTE: The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic adjustments for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, see the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, 471-6259, 471-6259 (voice) or 232-2937 (video phone) or email ssd@austin.utexas.edu or the web site: http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd/

SCHEDULE

 

Date

Topic

Text 

Tues Jan 15

Introduction to surface water hydrology

Chap. 1

Thurs Jan 17

Hydrologic systems and continuity

2

Tues Jan 22

Momentum and energy

2

Thurs Jan 24

Atmospheric water

3

Tues Jan 29

Precipitation

3

Thurs Jan 31

Evaporation

3

Tues Feb 5

Infiltration and soil water movement

4

Thurs Feb 7

Green-Ampt infiltration equation

4

Tues Feb 12

Runoff processes

5

Thurs Feb 14

Hydrologic measurement

6

Tues Feb 19

Review

 

Thurs Feb 21

QUIZ

Tues Feb 26

Field Trip to Brushy Creek watershed

 

Thurs Feb 28

Unit Hydrograph

7

Tues Mar 5

Reservoir and river routing

8

Thurs Mar 7

Introduction to HEC-HMS

 

Spring Break!

 

 

Tues Mar 19

HEC-HMS for Brushy Creek

 

Thurs Mar 21

Introduction to Hydraulic routing

9

Tues Mar 26

HEC-GeoHMS and HEC-GeoRAS

 

Thurs Mar 28

HEC-RAS for Brushy Creek

 

Tues Apr 2

Hydrologic statistics

11

Thurs Apr 4

Flood frequency analysis

12

Tues Apr 9

Hydrologic design and risk analysis

13

Thurs Apr 11

Design storm rainfall

14

Tues Apr 16

Review

 

Thurs Apr 18

QUIZ

Tues Apr 23

RainMap to FloodMap

14

Thurs Apr 25

Hydrologic design for flood control

15

Tues Apr 30

Hydrologic design for water use

15

Thurs May 2

Course evaluation and review for the final exam

 

Fri,  May 10, 9AM-12noon

Final examination