Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Applications of Open Channel Hydraulics
River and watercourse analysis
Floodplain management
Flood hazard mapping and risk analysis
Channel and levee design
Roadway crossing and bridge analysis and design
Bridge scour analysis
Principles of Hydraulic Analysis
Conservation of energy
Conservation of momentum
Bernoulli equation
Energy losses
Backwater and forewater calculations
Computer based analysis and computations
History and Development of US Army Corps of
Engineers HEC-RAS Application
HEC-RAS Application User Interface
Program file and project management
Data entry and editing
GIS data usage
Results and reporting
Mapping capabilities
Water Surface Profiling
Flow types
Analysis data required for modeling
Cross section location
Discharge flows and boundary conditions
Step backwater calculations
Model calibration
Bridge and Culvert Modeling
Crossing locations
Crossing flow regimes
Ineffective flow areas
Bridge model setup
Steady Flow Surface Profile Demonstration 1
Live demo for typical river reach
Project file setup
Geometry file demo
Steady flow file demo
Setting boundary conditions
Simple river reach modeling tips
Steady Flow Surface Profile Demonstration 2
Live demo for simple bridge
Setup of typical bridge cross section model
Establishment of ineffective flow areas
Simple bridge modeling tips
Credits
Professional Engineers &
Land Surveyors
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
Credit Applied for/Pending in NC
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW contact hours for architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and land surveyors in most states, including North Carolina. HalfMoon Education is an approved engineer and land surveyor continuing education provider in North Carolina (S-0130).
This course also offers a continuing education opportunity to architects and landscape architects in most states. HalfMoon Education has applied for continuing education approval for North Carolina landscape architects, which is under review.
This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Courses approved by the AIA qualify for North Carolina architects.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida and engineers and land surveyors in Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Justin Church
BRECPresident, BRECMr. Church is president of BREC, a full service professional firm that has provided civil engineering, planning, and environmental consulting for more than 10 years. Mr. Church focuses his work on water resources engineering, stream restoration, fluvial geomorphology, civil engineering, sediment and erosion control, stormwater, flood studies, site development, and waste water. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia. He is also a certified floodplain manager. Mr. Church earned his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clemson University, and both his M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University.