Class Unique Number: 13875
Instructor: David R. Maidment
Class Hours: MWF 9-10, WEL 2.304
Office Hours: MF 1-3, ECJ 8.612
Telephone: (512)471-4620
Email: maidment@crwr.utexas.edu
Internet: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/ce374k/ce374k.htm
Letter grades will be based on the weighted average specified above and assigned as follows:
There will be no make-up exams or incomplete grades in this course. I reserve the right to change the date of a quiz with notice in advance. Course instructor evaluation will be by the usual College of Engineering procedures.
"Applied Hydrology", by V.T. Chow, D.R. Maidment, and L.W. Mays, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988.
Homework assignments are due in by 5PM on the date assigned. There is a box outside my door in ECJ 8.6 for turning in assignments after the class hour if necessary. Homework must be done on clean paper, must be stapled at the top left corner, and have your name written on the top right corner, and your name, class and assignment number written on the outside when the homework is folded in half.
This course is designed to present:
| DATE | TOPIC |
| The Hydrologic Cycle | |
| Weds Aug 27 | Introduction to hydrology |
| Fri Aug 29 | Mass balance, continuity equation |
| Labor Day Vacation | |
| Weds Sept 3 | Momentum principle, flow equations |
| Fri Sept 5 | Energy balance, transport equations |
| Mon Sept 8 | Atmospheric circulation |
| Weds Sept 10 | Precipitation processes |
| Fri Sept 12 | Precipitation measurement and data |
| Mon Sept 15 | Guest lecture |
| Weds Sept 17 | Evaporation and Evapotranspiration |
| Fri Sept 19 | Evaporation measurement and data |
| Mon Sept 22 | Soil classification and water properties |
| Weds Sept 24 | Infiltration and soil water movement |
| Fri Sept 26 | Green-Ampt Equation |
| Mon Sept 29 | Review |
| Weds Oct 1 | QUIZ |
| Runoff and River Flows | |
| Fri Oct 3 | Guest Lecture: Sheryl Franklin |
| Mon Oct 6 | Runoff Processes |
| Weds Oct 8 | Guest lecture: Tom Loomis |
| Fri Oct 10 | Watershed and stream network delineation on the Guadalupe Basin |
| Mon Oct 13 | Unit hydrograph |
| Weds Oct 15 | Runoff hydrograph computation |
| Fri Oct 17 | Reservoir routing |
| Mon Oct 20 | Muskingum method |
| Weds Oct 22 | Kinematic wave |
| Fri Oct 24 | Dynamic wave |
| Mon Oct 27 | Guest lecture |
| Weds Oct 29 | Review |
| Fri Oct 31 | QUIZ |
| Hydrologic Design | |
| Mon Nov 3 | Statistical characterization of hydrologic data |
| Weds Nov 5 | Frequency analysis of extreme events |
| Fri Nov 7 | Frequency analysis of extreme events |
| Mon Nov 10 | Probability plotting and Water Resources Council Method |
| Weds Nov 12 | Hydrologic design levels |
| Fri Nov 14 | Introduction to HEC-HMS |
| Mon Nov 17 | Design of detention ponds |
| Weds Nov 19 | Design of water supply systems |
| Fri Nov 21 | Review |
| Mon Nov 24 | QUIZ |
| Weds Nov 26 | Design for water quality enhancement |
| Thanksgiving Vacation!! | |
| Mon Dec 1 | Nonpoint source pollution assessment |
| Weds Dec 3 | Spatial hydrologic modeling using GIS |
| Fri Dec 5 | Course evaluation and review for final exam |
Final Exam: Thurs Dec 11, 9 AM - 12 noon