CIVL 6620 - Engineering Hydrology

Prerequisites: undergraduate course in hydraulics; computer literacy. Theory, methods, and applications of hydrology to contemporary engineering problems. Methods of data collection and analysis as well as design procedures are presented for typical engineering problems. Specific topics to be considered within this framework include the rainfall/runoff process, hydrograph analysis, hydrologic routing, urban runoff, storm water models, and flood frequency models. 3 credits.