CENG
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Water
Resources Engineering
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CENG
140
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Water
Resources Engineering
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| Date(s) | Topic (subject to change as the quarter progresses) | Assignment | Supplemental Text Sections |
| 4/3 | Introduction, hydrologic cycle, water budget | Homework 1 | Gupta 2.2-2.3; FHWA 1.1-1.2 |
| 4/3 | Lab: No Lab | ||
| 4/5 | Watersheds, topography. Precipitation: observations, orographic effects, gage consistency, incomplete data | Gupta 2.5-2.6; FHWA 2.1 | |
| 4/8 | Precipitation: hyetographs, intensity-duration-frequency, design storms | Gupta 2.6, 2.8; FHWA 2.1 | |
| 4/10 | Precipitation: areal averaging, point-areal relationships | Gupta 2.7-2.9 | |
| 4/10 | Lab: Precipitation Analysis | ||
| 4/12 | Infiltration losses, Phi-Index, Horton, Green-Ampt | Gupta 2.13- 2.15; FHWA 2.2, 6.1.4 | |
| 4/15 | Evaporation: measurement, estimating from meteorological measurements | Gupta 2.10-2.12; FHWA 2.2 | |
| 4/17 | Snowmelt | Gupta 2.17, FHWA 9.2 | |
| 4/17 | Lab: Snow hydrology | ||
| 4/19 | Peak Flows where data exist: probability plots, plotting positions, return periods, risk | Gupta 8.6-8.9; FHWA 4.2-4.3 | |
| 4/22 | Probability distributions, moments, normal, log-normal | Gupta 8.2, 8.9; FHWA 4.2-4.3 | |
| 4/24 | Flood frequency analysis, frequency factors, Gumbel, LP3, regional equations | Gupta 8.9; FHWA 4.2-4.3 | |
| 4/24 | Lab: Flood Frequency Analysis | ||
| 4/26 | Peak flows in urban areas: time of concentration, rational method | Homework 3 | Gupta 13.11; FHWA 5.1-5.3 |
| 4/29 | Peak flows from small areas: NRCS TR-55 (graphical) peak flow (link) | Gupta 13.12; FHWA 5.2 | |
| 5/1 | Lecture and Lab: Field Trip to Guadalupe River Flood Control | ||
| 5/3 | Deriving a unit hydrograph, hydrograph separation | Gupta 7.7, 7.9; FHWA 6.1 | |
| 5/6 | Applying a unit hydrograph, Synthetic Unit Hydrographs: Snyder's, NRCS | Gupta 7.8-7.11; FHWA 6.2-6.3 | |
| 5/8 | Review for midterm -- for Lab Period (2:15-4:30pm), open Q&A session in Kenna 216 | ||
| 5/10 | Midterm | ||
| 5/13 | Stream restoration and sediment transport, and SCVWD projects | ||
| 5/15 | Lecture and Lab: Creek Cleanup - San Tomas Aquino Creek (meet at Walsh near San tomas Expy at 1:30 pm). Handout | Homework 4 | |
| 5/17 | Stream channel routing: Muskingum method | Gupta 9.11; Gupta 9.11; FHWA 7.1 | |
| 5/20 | Hydrograph attenuation: detention basins, Puls method | Gupta 9.12; FHWA 7.2 | |
| 5/22 | Reservoirs, storage capacity, storage zones, sedimentation | Homework 5 | Gupta 10.10 |
| 5/24 | No Class | ||
| 5/27 | Memorial Day - No Class | ||
| 5/29 | Urbanizing watersheds: Modeling with curve numbers and TR-55 method | Gupta 13.12 | |
| 5/29 | Lab: Comprehensive watershed analysis - TR-55 modeling (tutorial slides) | ||
| 5/31 | Groundwater: porosity, hydraulic conductivity, hydraulic head, Darcy's Law | Gupta 3.4-3.9 | |
| 6/3 | Highway drainage design | ||
| 6/5 | Stormwater Management Alternatives - bioinfiltration, LID | ||
| 6/5 | Lab: Field Trip - bioswales | ||
| 6/7 | Review for Final Exam | ||
| Mon, 6/10 | Final Exam 1:30-4:30pm (EC 602) |