SULTAN QABOOS  UNIVERSITY

 

 

COLLEGE  OF  ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT  OF  CIVIL ENGINEERING

 

COURSE OUTLINE

 

ABET Unit Classification:

Engineering Topic

 

 

Compliant Catalogue:

1998/1999

Course Code:

CIVL 3066

Course Title:

Engineering Hydrology

Credit Hours:

3

 

 

Class Schedule:

2-lecture hours per week

Laboratory Schedule:

None

Tutorial Schedule:

2-tutorial hours per week

Duration:

Fourteen weeks

 

 

Course Coordinator:

Ahmad Sana

Prepared by:

Ahmad Sana

Date of Outline Preparation:

September 1, 2001

Date of Last Revision:

January 6, 2002

Checked by:

 

Approved by:

 

 

Sultan Qaboos University

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

I.          Course Description

 

CIVL 3066      ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY (3 Credits)

This basic course is an introduction to various hydrologic factors, including rainfall, runoff and infiltration.

 

II. Required Background or Experience

 Prerequisites by course:

            None

 

Prerequisites by topic:

1.      Fundamentals of algebra and arithmetic.

2.      Basic principles of physics.

3.      Basic principles of fluid mechanics.

 

Post-requisites:

1.      CIVL 5056 Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

2.      CIVL 5346 Water Resources Engineering

3.      CIVL 5316: Civil Engineering Design Project

4.      CIVL 5616: Project I.

5.      CIVL 5626: Project II

 

III. Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to give the student a fundamental knowledge of:

1.      components of the hydrologic cycle.

2.      types of hydrologic models.

3.      application of the Reynolds transport theorem to the hydrologic phenomena

4.      calculation of open channel flow

5.      calculation of the average rainfall over a watershed.

6.      types of rainfall mechanisms and rainfall measuring equipment

7.      calculation of the infiltration in a watershed from the soil properties

8.      calculation of the subsurface flow in various field situations including the flow to a well

9.      separation of the surface runoff from the streamflow.

10.  calculate the f-index for a watershed from excess rainfall and surface runoff.

11.  derivation of a unit hydrograph for a watershed

12.  application of the unit hydrograph to determine streamflow as a result of a rainfall.

 

 

 

 

IV. Expected Outcomes

Students will be expected to develop these skills/understanding upon the successful completion of this course:

1.      An ability to understand the component processes of the hydrologic cycle.

2.      Be able to differentiate among different types of hydrologic models.

3.      Be able to apply the Reynolds transport theorem to the hydrologic phenomena

4.      An ability to calculate open channel flow

5.      An ability to calculate the average rainfall over a watershed.

6.      Be able to understand the types of rainfall mechanisms and rainfall measuring equipment

7.      An ability to calculate the infiltration in a watershed from the soil properties

8.      An ability to calculation the subsurface flow in various field situations including the flow to a well

9.      Be able to separate the surface runoff from the streamflow.

10.  An ability to calculate the f-index for a watershed from excess rainfall and surface runoff.

11.  Be able to derive a unit hydrograph for a watershed

12.  Be able to apply the unit hydrograph to determine streamflow as a result of a rainfall

 

V. Textbook(s) and Readings

  1. Applied Hydrology by V.T. Chow, D.R. Maidment and L.W. Mays, 1988.

 

      Additional resources include:

VI. Minimum Student Materials

Text, class handouts, engineering calculator, and an access to personal computers.

 

VII. Minimum College Facilities

Classroom with whiteboard and projection facilities; library; computer facilities.

 

VIII. Course Outline

The following topics will be covered in this course:

  1. Introduction: Hydrologic cycle, hydrologic systems and models.
  2. Hydrologic Processes: Reynolds transport theorem, continuity and momentum equations, open channel flow, porous medium flow.
  3. Atmospheric Water: Water vapor, precipitation, rainfall, evaporation, evapotranspiration.
  4. Subsurface Flow: Unsaturated flow, infiltration, Green-Ampt method.
  5. Groundwater (Chapter 5, Engineering Hydrology by Wilson)
  6. Surface Water: Sources of streamflow, hydrograph, excess rainfall and direct runoff.
  7. Unit Hydrograph: General hydrologic system model, response functions of linear systems, unit hydrograph, unit hydrograph derivation and application, synthetic unit hydrograph, unit hydrographs for different rainfall durations.

 

IX. Instructional Methods

1.      Lectures.

2.      Team work solving problem tutorials.

3.      Homework.

4.      Reading assignments.

 

X. Evaluation of Outcomes

Evaluation will be assessed based on the following:

1.      Assignments.

2.      Quizzes.

3.      One major examination

4.      A comprehensive final examination

 

XI. Professional Component Contribution

CIVL 3066 is a departmental required course that deals with the basic concepts of hydrology. Two thirds of the contents of this three credit course consist of engineering science.  The remaining one third is an essential part of water resources design.

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