Introduction to HEC-RAS Modeling
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 momentum
Conservation of energy
Backwater and forewater calculations
Bernoulli Equation
Computer-based analysis and computations
Energy losses
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
Model calibration
Step backwater calculations
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
6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
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 continuing education hours to professional engineers and landscape architects in most states, including New York.
HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for landscape architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35) and New Jersey professional engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
This event is approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the LA/CES.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course 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
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal, Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLC, in Mechanicsburg, PAMr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.
