B622 – Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)

Module
Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)
Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)
Module number
B622
Version: 1
Faculty
Civil Engineering
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Grischek
thomas.grischek(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)"

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Feistel
ulrike.feistel(at)htw-dresden.de
Lecturer in: "Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)"
Course language(s)

English
in "Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)"
ECTS credits

6.00 credits

Workload

180 hours

Courses

5.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Lecture | 2.00 SCH Seminar | 1.00 SCH Internship)
Self-study time

120.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)

Paper
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Protocol
in "Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)"
Examination(s)

Written examination
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Engineering Hydrology (Floods and Droughts)"
Form of teaching

Lectures, seminars, practical, excursions
Media type
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Instruction content/structure

Lecture:

  • Hydraulic structures dimensioning
  • Design and construction of weirs, dykes, dams, reservoirs, retention basins and infiltration facilities
  • Restoration of streams
  • Hydrological modeling
  • Flood estimation and flood forecasting
  • Permanent and operational flood protection
  • Droughts
  • Irrigation and drainage

Seminar:

  • Hydrographers tasks
  • Calculation of hydrostatic/hydrodynamic forces, erosion and shear stress
  • Calculation of Irrigation schemes
  • Bank reinforcement tasks
  • Calculaton of seepage/infiltration rates

Practical:

  • Guelph permeameter test
  • Seepage line in dykes
  • Flow beneath hydraulic structures
Qualification objectives

Students will be familiar with checking and processing of hydrometrical data and learn basics of hydrological modeling. Students will understand the development of floods, flood forecasting and flood protection. They will know how to produce a flood map using GIS. They will also develop an understand the development and the impact of droughts. They will be able to apply recent procedures to evaluate hydraulic structures and to design basic irrigation and infiltration schemes.
Social and personal skills
No information
Special admission requirements
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Recommended prerequisites
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Continuation options
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Literature

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Current teaching resources

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Notes
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Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/29012951040
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