Hydrology & Hydraulics of River Engineering

Symmons Madge Associates Ltd.
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter, Glasgow, Slough, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Course Objectives:
To gain an awareness and understanding of the fundamental hydraulics of open channel flow and how these can be used to analyse and predict stream behaviour
To become aware of various hydraulic structures and how they interact with flows in rivers and streams
To become familiar with the principles of the Flood Estimation Handbook
To gain practical experience of the FEH software tools

Course Outline:
Introduction to Hydrology

The hydrological cycle
Data requirements, collection and analysis
Collection of catchment data
Flow measurement methods and issues
The Flood Estimation Handbook

The physical characteristics of catchments and their relation to runoff
The FEH CD-ROM as a source of catchment descriptors
Principles and application of The Flood Estimation Handbook
The Revitalised Rainfall-Runoff Method and Unit Hydrographs
Use of the ReFH software tool to estimate floods
The Statistical Method - index floods and growth curves
Use of the WIN-FAP software tool to estimate floods
The Design Flood
Concepts
Calculation
Open Channel Flow

Fundamental principles
Uniform and non uniform flow
Roughness and the Manning Equation
Critical, sub-critical and supercritical flow
Flow transitions
Rapidly and gradually varying flow
Calculation of the backwater curve
Introduction to hydraulic structures (weirs, culverts, spillways, fish passes, ponds, etc)

The Morphology of Rivers

River morphology
Sediment generation and transport
Flood plains and the effects of channel modification
Flood routing methods
Storage routing
Channel routing
River Engineering

What is river engineering and why do it?
Flood alleviation methods
River bank protection

Environmental Considerations

Environmental considerations in the design process
The Regulatory Regime
Flood Risk Assessment - introducing PPG 25, TAN 15, SPP7 and PPS15
River engineering works
Development in the flood plain
Environmental Impact Assessment
Mitigation measures
River restoration
Flood compensation

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course the participants should:

Have a broad background understanding of the hydrological cycle and river flow processes
Be able to apply the Flood Estimation Handbook methods, and the associated software tools, to carry out design flood estimates for gauged and un-gauged catchments
Understand the fundamentals of open channel flow and apply them to carry out channel flow and river engineering calculations
Be familiar with various hydraulic structures, their uses and how they interact with flows in rivers and streams
Be able to apply the theory leaned to practical situations

...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:01446 775959

School Address/Venue(s):

Vale Forge
North Road
Cowbridge
Vale of Glamorgan
CF71 7DF
United Kingdom

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