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Engineering Hydrology Course Overview

This document provides information on the Engineering Hydrology course CEE-306 including: - The course is for 3 credit hours and has no prerequisites. - The course learning outcomes include applying hydrologic principles, analyzing stream flow and aquifer parameters, demonstrating experimental procedures to measure hydrological quantities, and clarifying experimental knowledge used to measure hydrological components. - The course outline covers topics like the hydrologic cycle, precipitation measurement, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, stream flow measurement, runoff, floods, groundwater hydrology, aquifers, and well hydraulics.

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Engineering Hydrology Course Overview

This document provides information on the Engineering Hydrology course CEE-306 including: - The course is for 3 credit hours and has no prerequisites. - The course learning outcomes include applying hydrologic principles, analyzing stream flow and aquifer parameters, demonstrating experimental procedures to measure hydrological quantities, and clarifying experimental knowledge used to measure hydrological components. - The course outline covers topics like the hydrologic cycle, precipitation measurement, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, stream flow measurement, runoff, floods, groundwater hydrology, aquifers, and well hydraulics.

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Course Code/Title: CEE-306 Engineering Hydrology

Pre-requisite(s): None
Credit Hours: 3(2,1)
Text Book(s):
1- Surface Water Hydrology, Vol I by Awan, N.M., National Book
Foundation.
2- Hydrology: Principles, Analysis and Design by Ragunath, H.M.
Wiley Easter.
Reference Book(s): Engineering hydrology, 3rd or 4th edition, K. Subramanya., McGraw Hill.

Course Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to;

No Description Taxonomy PLO Mapping


Level

CLO:1 Apply hydrologic principles in surface and C3 PLO-1


groundwater hydrology.
CLO:2 Analysis of stream flow and aquifer hydraulic C4 PLO-2
parameters

CLO:3 Demonstrate the experimental procedures to measure P3 PLO-9


different hydrological quantities (precipitation, stream
flows etc.).

CLO:4 To clarify and argue on experimental knowledge used to A3 PLO-9


measure hydrological components.

Course Outline

1- Surface Water Hydrology: Introduction (Hydrological cycle, Hydrologic


equation, Importance and practical applications of hydrology).
2- Precipitation (Types of precipitation, Factors necessary for the formation of
precipitation, Measurement of precipitation and Computation of Average
Rainfall over a Basin).
3- Water Losses [Interception, Evaporation (Factors effecting evaporation, Methods
of estimating evaporation, Evaporation pans).
4- Transpiration (Factors effecting transpiration, Method of estimating transpiration)
5- Evapotranspiration (Estimation of evapotranspiration, Factors effecting
evapotranspiration)
6- Infiltration and its indices.
7- Stream Flow Measurement (Methods of Stream Gauging and Measurement of
Stream Flow by Current Meter).
8- Runoff & Hydrograph (Runoff & Factors Affecting Runoff, Computation of
Runoff, Characteristics of hydrograph, Components of a hydrograph, Hydrograph
separation, Estimation of maximum rate of runoff, Unit Hydrograph, S-curve
and Discharge estimation by probabilistic method).
9- Floods (The phenomenon of flooding and its causes, Frequency and duration
analysis)
10- Ground Water Hydrology: Introduction (Darcy’s Law, Differential Equation
governing Ground Water Flow, Interstices, Porosity, Specific Yield, Specific
Retention, Storage Coefficient, Permeability & Transmissibility, Water Yielding
Properties.
11- Ground Water Reservoir, Aquiclude, Aquifuge, Aquifer & Types of Aquifer.
12- Well Hydraulics (Steady Radial Flow to Well in Confined & Unconfined Aquifers
– Dupuits Theory, Assumptions & Limitations of Dupuits Theory, Well Losses,
Capacity of Well, Interference among Wells).

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