An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about several methods that can be used to estimate peak discharge for an ungaged site.
An understanding of hydrology is important for many civil engineering, environmental engineering, and geotechnical related projects. This course is about the use of USGS regional regression equations, the SCS graphical peak discharge method, the Rational Method, the index-flood method, and peak discharge envelope calculations for ungaged sites.
Topics: At the conclusion of this course, the student will:
• Be able to use USGS regional regression equations to estimate rural peak discharges. • Be able to make use of urbanization factors to estimate urban peak discharge from a rural peak discharge value. • Be able to obtain a value for SCS runoff curve number, CN, if given adequate information about a watershed. • Be able to use the SCS graphical peak discharge method to estimate the runoff depth from a specified precipitation depth and adequate watershed information. • Be able to use the SCS graphical peak discharge method to estimate the peak discharge due to a specified precipitation depth and adequate watershed information. • Be able to use the Rational method to estimate the peak discharge from a small watershed. • Be able to obtain a value for the Rational Method runoff coefficient, C, if given adequate information about a watershed. • Be familiar with the index flood method of estimating peak discharge at an ungaged site. • Be able to calculate the maximum flood flow envelope for a specified drainage area at a specified U.S. location.
Intended Audience: for hydrologists, civil engineers, hydraulic engineers, highway engineers, municipal engineers, geotechnical engineers and environmental engineers.
Note from Author: An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about several methods that can be used to estimate peak discharge for an ungaged site.
Publication Source: US DOT (Federal Highway Administration)
Dr. Harlan Bengtson is an online PDH course provider of continuing education courses for professional engineers. Dr. Bengtson is a graduate of Iowa State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees and of the University of Colorado with a PhD. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri. Dr. Bengtson has spent 30 years in engineering education in teaching and administrative positions, including six years as Dean of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Dr. Harlan H. Bengtson, PE 33 Grainey Drive Glen Carbon, IL 62034 Phone: (618) 406-6892 E-mail: hnkbengtson@yahoo.com PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Dr. Bengtson is a graduate of Iowa State University with B.S. and M.S. degrees and of the University of Colorado with a PhD. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri. He has spent 30 years in engineering education in teaching and administrative positions, including six years as Dean of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. His areas of expertise are environmental engineering, hydrology and hydraulics, engineering science and renewable energy systems. He has done regular consulting work while holding the academic positions. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Bengtson worked for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing as a Product Development Engineer and for E. I. duPont deNemours as a Process Development Engineer. Dr. Bengtson has authored numerous publications, presentations and technical reports. He is currently active as a freelance technical writer, author of continuing education courses for Professional Engineers, and is the founder of www.engineeringexceltemplates.com and www.EngineeringExcelSpreadsheets.com, sites with the objective of providing inexpensive, easy to use Excel spreadsheets for a variety of engineering calculations.
