Methods of modelling in hydraulics nad hydrology

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Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology

Synopsis:

Mathematical modelling of 1D non-uniform flow in open channels. A constrained approach to modelling flow in a wide floodplain. Calibration of channel and inundation roughness. Initial and boundary conditions. 1D unsteady flow in open channels. Simulation of flood wave propagation in a river channel network. Modelling of 2D free-surface flow using the finite element method. Modelling of sediment movement in watercourses. Simulation of the temporal and spatial evolution of alluvial streambeds. Modelling of the rainfall-runoff process in a natural catchment and urbanized catchment.

Requirements:

Knowledge at the level of basic hydraulics and hydrology courses.

Syllabus of lectures:

Not applicable.

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Not applicable.

Study Objective:

Acquiring practical knowledge of modelling water flow in open channels, sediment transport, and the rainfall-runoff process.

Study materials:

Jandora, J., V. Stara, M. Starý: Hydraulika a hydrologie. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2011.

Brunner, G., W.: Hydraulic Reference Manual, US Army Corps of Engineers, Davis 2016

Synkiewitz, R.: Numerical Modeling in Open Channel Hydraulics, Springer, London, 2010

Beven, K., Environmental Modelling: An Uncertain Future? CRC Press, eBook, 2018, ISBN: 9781315273501.

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Further information:

https://hydraulika.fsv.cvut.cz/cs/predmety/141YTHH

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Stavební inženýrství - vodní hospodářství a vodní stavby (compulsory elective course)