Overview
In this unit, you will be introduced to the principles of hydraulics and hydrology and how to apply solutions to solve water engineering problems. This unit introduces the principles to solve water resources engineering problems on catchment hydrology and urban floodwater management. You will study governing concepts of probability, risk, and uncertainty applied to hydrology and hydraulics. You will also study rainfall patterns, river and reservoir routing, rapid and gradually varying flow in open channels, flood and stormwater control, and the design of hydraulic structures. To complete these tasks, you must use appropriate technical language, communicate professionally, and work in teams and individually.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: ENEC12010 Hydraulics & Hydrology
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2023
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Moodle
The well-organised assignments allow everyone to work independently and in a team.
The assessment structure will be retained.
Feedback from Moodle
Moodle layout: Locating resources in the weekly block schedule is difficult.
The weekly block schedule will be divided into two parts: one for project-specific material and the other for general content.
Feedback from Student feedback
Useful knowledge: software difficult to learn.
In order to emphasize how the knowledge and software skills acquired in this unit are helpful in professional environments, additional real-world examples should be presented.
- Apply skills in hydraulics and hydrology to water engineering design
- Conduct a hydrology assessment of a catchment
- Design urban stormwater management systems
- Prepare team reports for water engineering projects.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Introductory
Intermediate
Advanced
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course-level mapping information
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||
| 3 - Online Test - 30% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Textbooks
Water-Resources Engineering
Third Edition (2013)
Authors: David A. Chin
Pearson Education Limited
Harlow Harlow , Essex CM202 2JE , UK
ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-0-273-78591-0
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- MUSIC software
- HECRAS software
- RORB software
- FLIKE software
- Access to a computer with administrator rights where different software can be installed (needs Windows operating system)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
ben.taylor@cqu.edu.au
r.sharma@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Probability, risk, and uncertainty in water resources engineering
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Probability models and estimation of flood at gauged stations
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Intensity Frequency Duration (IFD) for design Rainfall depths
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Rainfall temporal patterns
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Rainfall to runoff for design runoff
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Assignment I Part A: Friday of Week 5 and Part B: Friday of Week 12
Assignment II Part A: Friday of Week 5 and Part B: Friday of Week 12
Urban stormwater drainage design Due: Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2023) 5:00 am AEST
Hydrologic analysis and Hydraulic design Due: Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
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Runoff routing and design of detention basins
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Flood hydraulics and rating curves
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Urban drainage I- Longitudinal drainage
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Urban drainage II - Cross drainage
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Water-Sensitive Urban Design I
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Water Sensitive Urban Design II
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Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
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Assignment I Part A: Friday of Week 5 and Part B: Friday of Week 12
Assignment II Part A: Friday of Week 5 and Part B: Friday of Week 12
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1 Written Assessment
In the first part of the project, you will design a new longitudinal and cross-drainage system at a specific site, considering 10% AEP for longitudinal drainage and 2% AEP for cross-drainage following the local guidelines. In the second part, you will create a Stormwater Drainage Strategy report for a particular site, which will be submitted along with a development application to the local council. This report will evaluate the changes in water quality and quantity before and after the development and identify the necessary measures to mitigate any increases in post-development impacts.
Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2023) 5:00 am AEST
Part A: Friday of Week 5 and Part B: Friday of Week 12
14 days after submission
The assessment will be marked based on the followings:
1) Clarity and organization of the report
2) Compliance with the project scope and local guidelines as specified
3) Technical accuracy of the work
4) Completeness of the work covering all aspects of the work as specified in the scope.
- Apply skills in hydraulics and hydrology to water engineering design
- Conduct a hydrology assessment of a catchment
- Prepare team reports for water engineering projects.
2 Written Assessment
In this project, you will undertake a concept design of the new crossing, including hydrologic and hydraulic analysis. In part A, you will estimate the peak discharge using the RFFE method and at-site flood frequency analysis method as outlined in ARR 2019. In the second part, you will estimate the peak discharge using a calibrated rainfall-runoff hydrologic model (RORB). You will also conduct the hydraulic design of the new crossing in HEC-RAS.
Note: This is a team assignment however students should be ready to submit their reports individually in case the team fails to function effectively. Please keep a good record of your weekly contributions and inform the lecturer immediately when issues arise in a team.
Week 5 Friday (11 Aug 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Part A: Friday of Week 5 and Part B: Friday of Week 12
14 days after submission
The assessment will be marked based on the followings:
1) Clarity and organization of the report
2) Compliance with the project scope and local guidelines as specified
3) Technical accuracy of the work
4) Completeness of the work covering all aspects of the work as specified in the scope.
- Design urban stormwater management systems
- Prepare team reports for water engineering projects.
3 Online Test
The test comprises content covered in the term. Some of the questions will be of numerical types which would require short calculations and some will be multiple choice types.
Review/Exam Week Friday (13 Oct 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
After the certification of grades.
No Assessment Criteria
- Apply skills in hydraulics and hydrology to water engineering design
- Conduct a hydrology assessment of a catchment
- Design urban stormwater management systems
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
