306905 (v.1) WASM Surface Water Hydrology 332

Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

11555 (v.2) WASM Thermofluids 251 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Energy, momentum and hydraulic principles of open channel flow, channel and flood inundation mapping. Precipitation, atmospheric circulation, hydrologic cycle, measurement, data and error analysis, spatial and temporal patterns, rainfull frequency. Stream flow, flood analyses, runoff models, yields from small and large catchments, and stochastic procedures. Hydraulic design. Fluvial geomorphology, flow in river channels, scour criteria, sediment transport, stable alluvial channels, numerical modelling and management issues.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

039901 Environmental Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External