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 tips
Credits
Professional Engineers
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
6.5 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Geologists
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers a 6.5 continuing education opportunity to Washington professional engineers (not required for license renewal), which will qualify for 6.5 PDHs in other states. This course also offers 6.5 HSW PDHs to Washington landscape architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Washington.
This seminar is approved by Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to LA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 6.5 CECs.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to geologists. It has not been approved by any state contractor board with mandatory continuing education.
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.
