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 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
Cross section locations
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 tip
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Geologists
6.5 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs
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 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and geologists and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to landscape architects in most states, including Alabama. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Alabama.
This event is approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Courses approved by the LA/CES qualify for Alabama landscape architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the LA/CES.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this activity 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
Dr. Gregory H. Nail, PhD, PE
Associate Professor in the Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee at MartinDr. Gregory H. Nail is a professor in the Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee at Martin where he teaches a variety of courses including fluid mechanics, hydraulics and hydrology, and hydraulic and hydrologic modeling. He holds a professional engineer’s license based on having passed both the Civil and Mechanical discipline-specific exams. Prior to coming to UT-Martin in 2002, he worked as a research hydraulic engineer for the United States Army Corp of Engineers for 11 years. He continues to be professionally active by working summer internships, carrying on consulting work, supervising senior design projects, and regularly delivering continuation programs, all oriented around computational hydraulic and computational hydrologic modeling. Dr. Nail earned his B.M.E. degree from Auburn University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University.
