ENV3105 Hydrology (FOENS)

Semester 2 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Hydrology) Band 6

Pre-requisite: ENG2102 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GDET or METC or MEPR

Synopsis

Hydrologic analysis provides the input parameters essential for the design of many engineering works, from the simplest road culvert to major water storage reservoirs. It also may provide data upon which the managers of our water resource can base their decisions. A knowledge of engineering hydrology is essential for the specialist water engineer and for many engineers employed in essentially non water engineering positions. For example, local government authorities and state main roads departments spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on small water conveyance and drainage structures. Engineers employed by these authorities are required to determine the design capacity of these structures by estimating the runoff from the catchments draining to them. This course will familiarise students with a range of important surface and groundwater hydrological processes. Rainfall input and evaporation are considered from a treatment of elementary meteorology and Australian climatology. Some of the simpler solutions to common problems in engineering hydrology will be presented, along with the shortcomings of these solutions. The course will stress the stochastic nature of many hydrological processes and present some of the probabilistic approaches used. The course is presented using multimedia technology and students must have access to a computer with a CD drive in order to access the study materials. The package is available in some USQ computer laboratories.