CS2002:03
Catchment, Stream and Lake Engineering
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
39 hours lectures, 39 hours tutorials, demonstrations, site visits and seminars. Semester 1.
This subject introduces the land components of the hydrological cycle. Topics covered include:
Hydrology — design rainfall; peak discharges; design flood hydrographs; estimation of extreme floods; urban stormwater management; groundwater hydrology.
River mechanics — continuity equation; plug flow; solute transport; secondary flow; scour.
Reservoir processes — stratification; mixing; meteorological forcing; inflows and outflows; seasonal cycles; destratification methods.
Learning Objectives:
- develop an understanding of the processes determining surface and subsurface hydrology, river flows and reservoir and lake dynamics;
- develop methods of finding engineering solutions to problems associated with standing and flowing surface water and subsurface flows;
- develop the ability to work both individually and as part of a team in the analysis and solution of engineering problems pertaining to surface and subsurface flows.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).