CE 4502

E NGINEERING H YDROLOGY AND

WATER R ESOURCES E NGINEERING
Riddhi Singh
Email: riddhi@iith.ac.in
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Lecture 1a

Today we will

Introduce ourselves
Take an overview of the course
Discuss the relevance of CE4502
Take an overview of hydrology

INTRODUCTIONS

About me

Riddhi Singh
I work on challenging water resources
problems in regions across the world
Some technical terms that describe my
work: hydrologic modeling, uncertainty
analysis, decision making under
uncertainty
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About you (~30 seconds)

Your name
Some areas of civil engineering (or
outside) that interest you
Your favorite food

OVERVIEW OF CE4502

Goals: Through this class, you will

1. Learn the language of water resources
2. Build an understanding about hydrological processes

3. Learn about practical applications related to

irrigation and design of hydraulic structures
4. Hopefully, have fun

Three instructors will share this course

Myself

Dr. Phanindra

Dr. Shashidhar

Section 1.
Hydrologic processes

Section II.
Irrigation

Section III.
Design of hydraulic structures
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Each section will be covered in ~ 5 weeks/10 lectures

Dec 31- Feb 8

Hydrologic processes

Feb 9 March 22

Irrigation

March 23 May 2

Design of
hydraulic structures
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Logistics
All submissions to iithce4502@gmail.com
Mondays, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Thursdays, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Room #133
Office hours: Wednesday, 3 pm to 5 pm
Or, by appointment, email: riddhi@iith.ac.in
Office Location: Faculty room no. 20
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Grading for Section 1

2 Assignments

40%

2 Quizzes (closed book)

40%

Class participation

20% + bonus

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How to get bonus points?

Look out for these take home questions.
They are to be submitted before the

beginning of the next class. Answering these

frequently will earn you bonus points!

Your class participation will depend on how much

you interact in the class.
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Course outline for Section 1

1. Introduction to hydrology (2 hours)
2. Reynolds transport theorem (2 hours)
3. Components of hydrology: precipitation,
infiltration, evaporation, streamflow, and
groundwater (6 hours)

4. Hydrologic analysis: flow routing, hydrologic

statistics, design storms/flows (6 hours)
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A tentative timetable
Week/Date

Topic

1/Jan 1

Introduction to hydrology

2/Jan 5

Reynolds transport theorem

3/Jan 8

Precipitation and infiltration

4/Jan 12

Evaporation and streamflow

5/Jan 15

Groundwater concepts

6/Jan 19

Quiz 1

7/Jan 22

Flow routing

8/Jan 26

Holiday no classes

9/Jan 29

Hydrologic statistics, frequency analysis

10/Feb 2

Hydrologic design: design storms and

design flows

11/Feb 5

Quiz 2

Deliverables

Assignment 1 due

Assignment 2 due

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Course materials
APPLIED HYDROLOGY
Ven Te Chow, David R. Maidment,
Larry W. Mays

Besides, we will use published journal articles, sections from relevant

books (provided as needed)
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