Advanced HEC-RAS Modeling
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Agenda
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Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Friday, October 27, 2023
8:30 am – 4:20 pm CDT
Presented by: Mary Paist-Goldman
Overview of HEC-RAS – Review of Hydraulic Principles
- Conservation of energy and momentum
- Energy losses and Manning’s equation
- Backwater effects
When to use these Applications
- Steady Flow
- Unsteady Flow
- 1D or 2D
Overview of 1D Unsteady Flow Modeling with HEC-RAS
- File management
- Data entry and editing
Building Your 1D Unsteady Flow Model
- Data required
- Locating cross sections
- Setting boundary conditions
- Calculating water profiles in HEC-RAS
Overview of 2D Unsteady Flow Model
- Data required
- Locating cross sections
- Setting boundary conditions
- Calculating water profiles in HEC-RAS
Building Your 2D Unsteady Flow Model
- Demonstration for standard stream flow
- Project file setup
- Setting geometry and boundary conditions
- Modeling tips
Model Output and Troubleshooting
Other Applications in HEC-RAS
- Sediment transport
- Water quality
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Professional Engineers:
7.0 PDHs
Landscape Architects:
7.0 HSW CE Hours
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers:
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Geologists:
7.0 PDHs*
*This webinar may offer up to 6.0 PDHs to licensed geologists in some states. HalfMoon Education has not applied for state geologist continuing education approval from any state licensing board.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for up to 7.0 PDHs for professional engineers and 6.0 HSW continuing education hours for landscape architects in all states that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700) and North Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers and landscape architects via its registration with the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System. Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the LA CES.
This Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 7.0 CECs for floodplain managers.
This webinar may offer up to 7.0 PDHs to licensed geologists in some states. HalfMoon Education has not applied for state geologist continuing education approval from any state licensing board.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format may not be eligible for the same credits as the live presentation; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. The following pre-approvals may be available for the on-demand format upon request:
7.0 HSW PDHs (LA CES)
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Speakers
Mary Paist-Goldman
Rippled Waters Engineering, LLC
Ms. Paist-Goldman has more than 20 years of experience in water resource engineering with a particular focus in stream and wetland restoration and mitigation design. She is the principal and owner of Rippled Waters Engineering, LLC based in New Jersey. Her firm specializes in water resources engineering services for a variety of projects. Prior to starting Rippled Waters in 2018, she served for many years as principal engineer and director of Engineering Services of a Mid-Atlantic regional natural resources firm. She is an experienced modeler and has worked extensively on design and analysis using a variety of hydrologic and hydraulic programs including HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and HydroCAD. Applications for her hydraulic modeling expertise include wetland restoration and mitigation; stream restoration; bridge repair and replacement; and dam repair, replacement, and removal. Specifically related to riverine systems, Ms. Paist-Goldman has extensive expertise with stream restoration, large woody debris, natural channel design and bioengineering stabilization techniques. Ms. Paist-Goldman has designed restoration projects of all sizes ranging from a few hundred feet to several miles of stream. These projects are planned for use as mitigation banks or serve as mitigation for development onsite. Working closely with restoration ecologists and landscape architects, Ms. Paist-Goldman has designed a variety of stream and wetland habitats including creation, enhancement, restoration, and preservation with a focus on sustainability and regulatory compliance.