CE613 Computer Methods in Hydraulics and Hydrology

(2017-18-II)

Instructor: Richa Ojha

Office: Hydraulics Lab, Room # 05
Email: richao@iitk.ac.in (preferred mode of communication)
Schedule: M 11:00 to 11:50; Th 10:00-10:50; T206; Lab: M 14:00-17:00; Varun Lab
Tutor: Pravesh Singh Email: prasin@iitk.ac.in

Objectives:
• To solve various hydrologic and hydraulics problems using MATLAB programming.
• To learn basics of HECHMS, HECRAS and MODFLOW software.

Prerequisites: CE610/CE361, and CE611/CE262

Course Policy:

• You can discuss your lab and homework assignments but DO NOT copy them.
• You will be awarded 'F' Grade if found copying lab/homework assignments, and matter will
be reported to SPGC.
References:
• Chow V.T., Maidment D.R. and Mays L.W. (1988), Applied Hydrology, McGraw-Hill
• Todd D.K. and Mays L.W. (2008), Groundwater Hydrology, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons
• Chaudhry M.H. (2007), Open-Channel Flow, 2nd Edition, Springer
• Pratap R. (2010), Getting started with Matlab, Oxford.

Course Evaluation:
Final Exam 35%
Mid Semester Exam 25%
Homework + Attendance 15%+5%
Lab Assignments 20%

Topics to be covered:

1. Basic: Introduction to computer programming and computation with Matlab.

2. Open channel flow: Estimation of normal and critical depth; uniform flow computations;
computation of water surface profile (WSP) - gradually varied flow estimation using standard step
and direct step methods, WSP in presence of hydraulic structures; unsteady flow - Saint-Venant
equation, kinematic wave routing, diffusion routing, overland flow; steady and unsteady modelling
using HEC-RAS.
3. Groundwater hydrology: Solving groundwater flow equation - saturated and unsaturated flow,
Richards’ equation, Green-Ampt infiltration model; introduction to MODFLOW.
4. Surface water hydrology: Estimation of Unit hydrographs; lumped and distributed flow routing;
hydrologic statistics - parameter estimation, time series analysis, frequency analysis, geostatistics;
hydrologic modeling using HEC-HMS/SWAT.