Agenda
| Monday | ||
| 8:00–8:30 a.m. | REGISTRATION AND COURSE INTRODUCTIONS | |
| 8:30–9:15 | 1.1 Lecture |
OVERVIEW OF HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS FOR DAM SAFETY
An overview of the process for performing the hydrology, hydraulics, and mapping for a dam safety study. Current Corps guidance will be discussed. |
| 9:15–9:30 | Break | |
| 9:30–10:00 | 1.2 Lecture |
OVERVIEW OF HEC-HMS
A brief overview of the capabilities of HEC-HMS for performing dam safety studies |
| 10:00–11:00 | 1.3 Lecture |
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION (PMP)
Development of the probable maximum precipitation for the various zones of the United States |
| 11:00 a.m.–noon | 1.4 Workshop |
DEVELOPMENT OF PMP
Demonstration of how to develop a PMP event for the eastern half of the United States using HMR51 and HMR52 |
| noon–1:00 p.m. | LUNCH | |
| 1:00–1:45 | 1.4 Workshop | Continuation: DEVELOPMENT OF PMP |
| 1:45–2:15 | Review | Workshop 1.4 |
| 2:15–3:15 | 1.5 Lecture |
HYDROLOGIC MODELING FOR PMP/PMF EVENTS
Discussion of modeling rainfall, infiltration, runoff transform, and baseflow methods focused toward PMF level events; overview of reservoir routing options within HEC-HMS |
| 3:15–4:45 | 1.6 Workshop |
DEVELOPING PMF INFLOWS TO RESERVOIRS AND ANALYZING SPILLWAY ADEQUACY
Demonstration of how to calculate PMF inflows to a reservoir, route the flow through the reservoir, and evaluate the adequacy of the emergency spillway |
| 5:00 | Reception | |
| Tuesday | ||
| 8:00–8:30 a.m. | Review | Workshop 1.6 |
| 8:30–9:30 | 2.2 Lecture |
DETERMINATION OF DAM BREACH PARAMETERS
Discussion about developing dam break parameters for evaluating the breaching process of earth dams |
| 9:30–9:45 | Break | |
| 9:45–11:00 | 2.3 Workshop |
DEVELOPING DAM BREACH PARAMETERS
A focus on estimating dam break parameters |
| 11:00–11:30 | Review | Workshop 2.3 |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | LUNCH | |
| 12:30 | DEPART FOR FIELD TRIP | |
| 12:30–4:00 | FIELD TRIP TO SAYERS DAM | |
| Wednesday | ||
| 8:00–9:00 a.m. | 3.1 Lecture |
PERFORMING A DAM BREAK ANALYSIS WITH HEC-HMS
Discussion of how to perform a dam break analysis with HEC-HMS; antecedent conditions/event for dam safety studies; downstream routing |
| 9:00–10:15 | 3.2 Workshop |
DAM OVERTOPPING AND BREACHING ANALYSIS WITH HEC-HMS
Demonstration of how to use HEC-HMS to perform a dam break analysis and downstream routing |
| 10:15–10:45 | Review | Workshop 3.2 |
| 9:30–10:00 | 3.2 Lecture |
OVERVIEW OF HEC-RAS
Short overview of the capabilities of the HEC-RAS software for performing dam safety studies |
| 9:30–10:00 | 1.2 Lecture |
OVERVIEW OF HEC-HMS
Brief overview of the capabilities of HEC-HMS for performing dam safety studies |
| 10:00–10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15–11:15 | 3.3 Lecture |
USING HEC-GEORAS TO DEVELOP GEOMETRIC DATA
Description of how to use HEC-GeoRAS for preparing input data to an HEC-RAS model in support of a dam break analysis |
| 11:15 a.m.–noon | Demo/Discussion | HEC-GEORAS GEOMETRY PREPROCESSING |
| 12:45–1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:30–2:00 | 3.4 Lecture |
UNSTEADY FLOW MODELING WITH HEC-RAS
Description of how to enter unsteady flow data and boundary conditions, perform the computations, and view results of an unsteady flow analysis |
| 2:00–2:15 | Break | |
| 2:15–4:00 | 3.5 Workshop |
UNSTEADY FLOW MODELING FOR DAM SAFETY STUDIES
Students will learn how to model a dam and the downstream area with the unsteady flow computations in HEC-RAS. |
| 4:00–4:30 | Review | Workshop 3.5 |
| Thursday | ||
| 8:00–9:00 a.m. | 4.1 Lecture |
USING HEC-RAS TO PERFORM A DAM BREAK ANALYSIS
Presentation showing how to enter dam break parameters into HEC-RAS, perform the computations, and view pertinent results |
| 9:00–9:15 | Break | |
| 9:15–11:00 | 4.2 Workshop |
PERFORMING A DAM BREAK ANALYSIS WITH HEC-RAS
This workshop will have students entering dam break parameters, running the model, and viewing results. A range of breach parameters will be tried during the workshop. |
| 11:00–11:30 | Review | Workshop 4.2 |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 12:30–2:30 | 4.3 Lecture |
COMMON MODEL STABILITY PROBLEMS WHEN PERFORMING A DAM BREAK ANALYSIS
Discussion of common model stability problems often encountered when applying an unsteady flow model to a dam break problem |
| 2:30–4:00 | 4.4 Workshop |
DIAGNOSING AND FIXING COMMON STABILITY PROBLEMS
Students will be given several data sets that have at least one model stability problem. They will be asked to detect the problem and fix it. |
| 4:00–4:15 | Break | |
| 4:15–4:45 | Review | Workshop 4.4 |
| Friday | ||
| 8:00–9:30 a.m. | 5.1 Lecture |
USING HEC-GeoRAS FOR INUNDATION MAPPING
Description of how HEC-GeoRAS can be used to develop inundation maps from HEC-RAS model results |
| 9:30–9:45 | BREAK | |
| 9:45–11:00 | 5.1 Workshop |
INUNDATION MAPPING FOR DAM SAFETY STUDIES
Students will gain hands-on experience in taking HEC-RAS results and developing inundation maps. |
| 11:00–11:30 | Review | Workshop 5.1 |
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