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course is undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering hydrology.
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering CVEN9610 Surface Water Hydrology (DISTANCE MODE) Semester 1 2013 COURSE DETAILS Units of Credit
6
Contact hours 6.
6 days distance mode course: Lectures and lecture notes on UNSW blackboard for Days 1-
Course Coordinator Dr Gregoire Mariethoz
[email protected] Room CE312 ph. 02 9385 9769 HANDBOOK DESCRIPTION Refer to Online Handbook available at: http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/postgraduate/courses/2013/CVEN9610.html
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE The assumed knowledge for this course is undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering hydrology.
COURSE PROGRAM The course schedule tabulated below shows the main topics and approximately how long will be spent on each topic in lectures. Please note that the lecture durations and sequence of topics is a guide only; there may be some variations. However, details on the associated assessment tasks should not be affected; if they are you will be informed. The recorded lectures are organised in days corresponding to a short course structure. Days 1-3 Time
Subject
Lecturer
Day 1 - Lecture 1
Introduction to Hydrological Processes/hydrological cycle
AS
Day 1 - Lecture 2
Catchment water balance including catchment delineation
AS
Day 1 – Lecture 3
Measurement of streamflow and rainfall data
AS
Day 1 – Lecture 3 continued
Rainfall mechanisms and Estimation
AS
Tutorial
Rainfall Tutorial
AS
Assessment
Day 1
1
Day 2 Day 2 - Lecture 1
Atmospheric Circulation and Climate Change
AS
Day 2 - Lecture 2
Climate Change and Global Dimming Video
AS
Video assessable at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPPbmXSI1 ZM Day 2 - Lecture 3
Evaporation
AS
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Day 2 - Lecture 3 continued
Evaporation Continued
AS
Assignment issued – Evaporation
Day 3 - Lecture 1
Evaporation Tutorial
AS
Day 3 - Lecture 2
Hydrograph analysis and Baseflow separation
AS
Day 3 - Lecture 3
Losses; Phi-Index; Green Ampt methods
AS
Tutorial
Tutorial
AS
Day 3
Days 4-6 Time
Subject
Lecturer
Day 4 - Lecture 1
At-site flood frequency analysis
AS
Day 4 - Lecture 1 continued
Continued; Tutorial
AS
Day 4 - Lecture 2
Regional flood frequency analysis; Probabilistic and Deterministic Rational
AS
Day 4 - Lecture 3
Methods Intensity Frequency Duration relationships; Temporal patterns
AS
Day 5 - Lecture 1
Storage Routing approaches for rainfall-runoff modelling
AS
Day 5 - Lecture 2
Rainfall Runoff Modelling using Unit Hydrographs
AS
Day 5 - Lecture 3
Flood estimation using Unit Hydrographs
AS
Tutorial
Tutorial
AS
Day 6 - Lecture 1
Design Flood estimation review
AS
Day 6 – Lecture 2
Probable Maximum events; PMP and PMF
AS
Day 6 – Lecture 3
Continued
AS
Tutorial
Tutorial
AS
Assessment
Day 4
Assignment issued – Flood Frequency
Day 5
Day 6
Assignment issued – PMF
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OBJECTIVES The objectives of this course are: 1. to provide an overview of surface water hydrology and the atmospheric processes that lead to variability/change in rainfall and hence flow; and 2. to provide an understanding of the rationale behind design flood estimation in hydrology.
TEACHING STRATEGIES Teaching in this course is centred on the Lectures which are technical in content. You will develop your analysis skills by applying the theory to problems which you undertake in the Tutorials. Detailed lecture notes with examples will be supplied in this course. The purpose is to free up your time to think and comprehend during the lectures. For each hour of contact it is expected that a student will put in at least 2.0 hours of private study. Private Study
Lectures
Tutorials
Assignments
Review lecture material and reference books.
Identify questions which you need answered in the next tutorial.
Reflect and work on the set tutorial problems at the end of each lecture.
Reflect on and complete any assignments issued.
Reflect on class problems.
Check your email regularly for messages and tutorial solutions.
Fill in any gaps in the lecture notes.
Complete the solutions to any questions appearing in the question boxes in the lecture notes.
Consider and actively answer any questions posed during the course of the lecture and in the lecture notes – if not aloud, then in your head.
Find out what you must learn.
Follow worked examples or clarifications made on the whiteboard or blackboard during classes.
Be alert to any course announcements.
Much of your learning can take place during the tutorials. If you work actively in this time, it will free you up for other activities outside of class.
Start solving the problems at the back of your lecture notes.
Be guided by tutors.
Make sure you understand the solution strategies of any Worked Tutorial Problems completed by your tutors.
Use your time to ask your tutors about any unresolved tutorial or conceptual problems – even if your question relates to matters from previous weeks. Ask questions.
Demonstrate your knowledge and skills
Demonstrate higher understanding and problem solving capabilities.
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ASSESSMENT The Final Mark for this course will normally be based on the sum of the scores from each of the assessment tasks as follows:
Component
Value (%)
Due Date and Time
Sharma assignment - Evaporation
15
5pm 20 May 2013
Sharma assignment – Flood frequency and IFD
15
5pm 27 May 2013
Sharma assignment – PMFs
20
5pm 31 May 2013
Final examination held in University examination period. Open book, 3 hours duration.
50
Formal exam period
Total
100
Final Exam The Final Exam is worth 50% of your Final Mark and you must attain a mark of at least 40% in your Final Exam to be granted a pass in this subject. The final examination scripts will not be returned. Assignments Assignments must be submitted by email to
[email protected] before 5pm on the day they fall due. It should be a single pdf file, and the file name should be: Name_Surname_CVEN9610_assignmentX.pdf, where Name, Surname and X are the student name and the assignment number (1,2 or 3). Any late submissions will attract a penalty of 10% per day.
RESOURCES There is no subject textbook but a number of recommended reference books for this course are as follows: 1.
Handbook of Hydrology (1992), by D.R. Maidment (Editor in Chief); published by McGraw-Hill, Inc.
2.
Water Resources Engineering (2001), by L. W. Mays; published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
3.
Applied Hydrology (1988), by Chow, Maidment and Mays; published by McGraw-Hill Inc.
4.
Hydrology, An Australian Introduction (2008), by Anthony Ladson; Oxford University Press.
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COMMON SCHOOL INFORMATION Common School information may be found at: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/ug/common_pg.php
To navigate to this website from the Civil and Environmental Engineering School Home page: Current Students General Information Common School Info for Postgraduate Students
The Common School Information site has information on the following: 1. Dates to Note - important dates relating to enrolling and disenrolling, and a University website (via MyUNSW) with a calendar of other important UNSW dates (session dates, recess weeks, stuvac dates and exam periods). 2. School Contacts i. for enrolment or timetable difficulties, ii. referral chain of contacts for course difficulties: Course Coordinator/Lecturer Year Coordinators Grievance Officer, iii. Advanced Standing, and iv. Mentoring. 3. Course Requirements i. attendance at lectures, tutorials and laboratory classes, ii. participation in tutorials, and iii. completion of assessment work. 4.
Notes on Assessment i. plagiarism (with link to UNSW Learning Centre web site on plagiarism), ii. keep a copy of written submissions, iii. submitting assignments, and iv. late submissions (obtaining extensions and special consideration)
5. Supplementary Exams – includes link to School website with School policy on supplementary exams. i. Special Consideration – includes link to UNSW website (New South Q) for downloading forms, requirements for lodging special consideration forms. 6. Solutions to Problems – Troubleshooters i. Learning Centre, ii. student counsellors, and iii. student support services.
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