Introduction to hydrologic principles. Components of the hydrologic cycle; Precipitation, interception, abstraction, infiltration, evaportranspiration, overland runoff, streamflow: hydrological data measurement and monitoring; rainfall-runoff relationships and analyses; surface water hydrology: runoff, unit hydrograph theory, synthetic hydrographs, flow routing. Urban hydrology: The Rational Method, sewer system hydraulics, detention basin design. Computer simulation models for urban and rural watersheds. Hydraulic applications in conduit flows: flow classification, shear stress and velocity distribution, pipe friction formula, energy equations, pump/pipeline systems. Open channel flow: application of the energy, momentum and continuity equations, channel bed friction, steady and uniform flow, specific energy, hydraulic jump, gradually varied flow, natural channel designs. Appropriate experimental laboratory work related to the area of hydraulic engineering. Tut: 2 hrs./ Lect: 3 hrs./Lab: 1 hr. Prerequisites: MEC 522 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
