Hydrology
T H F Wong
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 tutorial hours * Second semester * Caulfield
General - role of hydrology in civil engineering, hydrologic cycle: hydrologic data measurement and analysis, catchment losses. Flood hydrology - floor frequency analysis, design storms, simple flood estimation methods, unit hydrograph method, flood routing, runoff routing. Yield hydrology - rainfall-runoff relationships, storage-yield relationships, low flow analysis, stochastic data generation. Groundwater hydrology - types of groundwater aquifiers, analysis of groundwater aquifiers. Urban hydrology - urban drainage. Environmental hydrology - water quality problems, erosion and soil degradation, diffuse and point sources of nutrients, urban stormwater quality management.
Assessment
Written assignments: 20% * Examinations (3 hours): 80%
Recommended texts
Viessman W and others Introduction to hydrology Harper and Row, 1977