This course is an introduction of HEC-RAS with applications to
dam safety. This introduction
course provides hands on opportunity to use the program and resolve specific
questions. The objective of this course
is to review the basic principles of open channel hydraulics as they relate to
the natural stream environment with application to dam safety. Bridges, culverts and in-line structures will
be discussed and both steady and unsteady flow modeling will be explored.
Specific objectives will be to:
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Understand the basics of water surface
profile computations·
Create 1D HEC-RAS models
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Incorporate bridges, culverts and
in-line structures
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Apply principles of open channel flow
to dams and dam failures
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Extract and analyze output
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Obtain an understanding of 1D unsteady flow modeling with HEC-RAS
By the end of the participant will be able to
apply these objectives and have a comfort level in developing and
analyzing a hydraulic model for typical open channel flow applications. The
participants should have an undergraduate engineering degree. Students should bring a laptop computer with
the latest version of HEC-RAS installed along with a calculator.