Academic Catalog

CE424 URBAN HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS

Course Code: 5620424
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: Prof.Dr. ALÝ MELÝH YANMAZ
Offered Semester: Once in several years.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 5620378
The course set above should be completed before taking CE424 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.