CE 378

WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

SPRING 2008

 

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Introduction (CHIN pgs 1 - 9)

Module 1: Historical Urban Water Systems

Review of conservation principles

Module 2: Basic Principles of Fluids

Flow in Closed Conduits (CHIN pgs 10 - 40)

Module 3a: Continuity, Momentum and Energy (Bernoulli)

Module 3b: Darcy Weisbach

Module 3c: Hazen Williams

Module 3d: Manning

Module 3e: Comparison of methods

Pipe Networks (CHIN pgs 40 - 48; 64 - 89)

Water use and water distribution system design (CHIN pgs 116 - 133)

Module 4a: Water demand

Module 4b: Water distribution system design

Module 4c: Introduction to EPANET

EPANET2 example class version

Pump performance and selection (CHIN 48 - 64)

Module 5: Pumps and storage

Flow in open channels (CHIN pgs 97 - 127; 127 - 145; 202 - 231)

Fundamental principles

Channel design methods

Module 6: Channel Stability

Module 6a: Mannings specific energy

Module 6b: Water surface profiles

Introduction to HEC-RAS

Module 6c: Design of stable open channels

Module 6d: Design of channels and habitat issues

Module 6e: Stream buffers and land development

Design of sanitary sewers (CHIN pgs 231 - 255)

Module 7: Sanitary sewer design

Probability and statistical methods (CHIN pgs 271 - 328)

Module 8: Probability and statistics

Surface water hydrology (CHIN pgs 334 - 424)

Design storms and IDF curves

Rainfall abstractions

Peak flow estimations

Hydrographs and flow routing

Module 9a: Rainfall and runoff introduction

Module 9b: Runoff calculations with WinTR55

Module 9c1: WinTR55 for lab

Module 9c2: WinTR55 ponds document

Module 9d: Detention pond design with routing

Design of storm sewer systems (CHIN pgs 479 - 541)

Module 10a: Storm sewer system design

Module 10b: Gutters and inlet design

Module 10c: Getting started with SWMM5 storm and sanitary documents

Downloads:
Tuscaloosa 10yr 24hr Rain Data

Tuscaloosa 4 Months Rain Data

Module 10d: Sediment movement in sewers

Culvert design (CHIN pgs 185 - 202)

Module 11: Culvert hydraulics