CE522 Engineering Hydrology

CE522 ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

Jorge A. Ramirez

INSTRUCTOR
JORGE A. RAMÍREZ, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Water Resources, Hydrologic and Environmental Sciences Division

Civil Engineering Department A220 Engineering Bldg. (970) 491-7621 A307 ERC (970) 491-8650 Office Hours: MWF 11:00 - 12:00 PM - A222 Engineering Bldg. E-mail: ramirez@engr.colostate.edu

Announcements
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program in Water Research at Colorado State University

Seminar Series in Water Resources, Hydrologic and Environmental Sciences and Engineering

AGU Hydrology Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course emphasizes engineering applications of hydrologic science. Rainfall-runoff analysis. Lumped and distributed flow routing. Reservoir and river flood routing. Kinematic, diffusive and dynamic waves. Precipitation data analysis and optimal interpolation. Hydrologic design: risk analysis, hydroeconomic analysis, and analysis of uncertainty. Bayesian decision analysis. Design storms. Design flows. Hydrologic reservoir design. Watershed modeling applied to hydrologic design.

Syllabus

BASIC HYDROLOGY EXAMPLES

Unit Hydrograph Computation - Example (1)
Kinematic Wave Routing - Example
Muskingum Routing - Example
Level Pool Routing - Example
Recession Constants - Example
Unit Hydrograph Derivation - Example
Estimation of Horton Ratios - Example
Infiltration Computations - Example
Precipitation Data Analysis - Interception/Depression Storage - Examples
Precipitable Water - Example

EXAMPLES

Level Pool Routing Example
Muskingum Routing Example
Kinematic Wave Routing Example

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Homework No.1
Homework No.2
Homework No.3
Homework No.4

Maple Worksheets for RISK ANALYSIS

The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of Composite Risk Analysis, First Order Second Moment Analysis and Advanced First Order Second Moment Analysis of uncertainty.

First Order Second Moment and Advanced First Order Second Moment Analysis of Uncertainty

Maple Worksheets for KRIGING

The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of KRIGING for optimal estimation of Mean Areal Precipitation and for optimal interpolation (Point Estimation) of precipitation fields.

KRIGING for Optimal Mean Areal Precipitation Estimation
KRIGING for Optimal Interpolation or Point Estimation

Maple Worksheets for Kinematic Wave Modeling

Overland Flow Modeling Example No. 1
Overland Flow Modeling Example No. 2

Maple Worksheets for Estimation of Impulse Response Functions of Hydrologic Systems

The following MAPLE worksheets present applications of linear system theory to the description of hydrologic response. Optimal estimators of impulse response functions for watersheds and channels are presented.

Readings and Other Supporting Material