Academic Catalog

CVE424 URBAN HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS

Course Code: 3640424
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Civil Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assist.Prof.Dr BERTUÐ AKINTUÐ
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 3640372 , 3640376
The course set above should be completed before taking CVE424 URBAN HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS .

Course Content

Urban climate. Hydrological consequences of urbanization. Intensity-duration-frequency curves. Design hyetograph. Rainfall losses: SCS method, Green and Ampt method. Rational method. Modified rational method. Detention basins, retention basins. Reservoir routing, hydraulic routing.