The aim of the course is to provide students with a general overview of the basic themes and issues in Engineering Hydrology, i.e., Precipitation, Losses, Watershed characteristics, Hydrographs, Hydrometry – Analysis and processing of hydrometric data, Rating curve, Unit Hydrographs, Flood hydrographs, Principles of statistical hydrology, IDF curves, Hydrological design.
# | Title | Description | Hours |
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1 | Introduction | Introduction to the basic concept of the course (key definitions of Hydrology, Hydrography, Drainage, Hydrographic network, Hydrologic cycle, Water balance). | 3 |
2 | Precipitation | Natural processes, meteorological framework, precipitation types, measurement of precipitation, test of data homogeneity and analysis of double cumulative curves, completion of rainfall measurements: adaptation to different altitudes, surface integration of areal rainfall from point measurements | 3 |
3 | Evapotranspiration | Solar radiation in the atmosphere, evaporation measurement, Methods for the estimation of the evapotranspiration, The role of evapotranspiration in the Water balance. | 3 |
4 | Introduction to Hydrographs. | Watershed characteristics, Hydrographs, Base flow separation, Hydrological losses estimation. | 6 |
5 | Hydrometry | Discharge estimation using hydrometric data, flow measurement methods, river cross sections, Preparation and extension of a rating curve, Remarks on the rating curves, Flow estimation from measurements of water level meters/recorders, | 3 |
6 | Flood hydrographs – Routing – Sediment flow | Rainfall–runoff relationships: the UH, Basic assumptions of the UH, Determination of UH of a certain duration from known UH of a different duration: S-curve, Estimation of flood hydrograph using the UH, Synthetic UHs, Sediment flow estimation methods. | 6 |
7 | Groundwater | Introduction to Groundwater hydrology, types and characteristics of aquifers, groundwater management, groundwater salinization, test pumping. | 3 |
8 | Statistical Hydrology | Hydrology: Probabilistic approach, Basic statistics, Statistical distributions, Confidence levels, x2-Test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, Design Risk: Estimation of volume based on acceptable risk, | 6 |
9 | Floods – Flood peaks estimation | IDF curves, Hydrologic design, Rational method for estimating flood peaks. | 6 |
By course completion, students will be able to:
Teaching methods | Continuous flow of theoretical concepts and applications. |
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Teaching media | Blackboard use and Powerpoint presentations. Demonstration of calculations in MS Excel |
Computer and software use | Weekly homework exercises in Excel format (digitally submitted) |
Problems - Applications | YES |
Assignments (projects, reports) | Each lecture is supported by relevant problems, solved in the classroom. |
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