Agenda

 

Day One, Thursday, July 23, 2020
10:00AM – 1:45PM CDT (including a 30 minute break)

 

Applications for Open Channel Hydraulic Analysis 
     Flood risk assessment 
     Floodplain management 
     Roadways, bridge and culvert design 
     New channel or channel modification projects

Hydraulic Principles 
     Conservation of energy and momentum 
     Energy losses and Manning’s equation 
     Backwater effects 
     Need for computer models

History and Development of US Army Corps HEC-RAS Software

Working with the HEC-RAS User Interface 
     File management 
     Data entry and editing 
     Displays, mapping, animations and reporting 

 

 

 

Day Two, Friday, July 24, 2020
10:00AM – 2:15PM CDT (including a 30 minute break)

Steady Flow Water Surface Profiling 
     Types of flow: uniform flow, rapidly and gradually varied flow 
     Data required 
     Locating cross sections 
     Setting boundary conditions 
     Calculating water profiles in HEC-RAS

Special Elements 
     Bridge and culvert modeling 
     Lateral and diversion structures

Steady Flow Simulation 1 
     Demonstration for standard stream flow 
     Project file setup 
     Setting geometry and boundary conditions 
     Modeling tips 

Steady Flow Simulation 2 
     Demonstration for a standard bridge 
     Modeling tips 

 

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Demonstration 7 – Introduction to 2D-Unsteady Flow Modeling

Credits

Landscape Architects – LA/CES
     7.0 HSW CE Hours 
     7.0 HSW PDHs

Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 ASFPM CECs

Continuing Education Credit Information

See each course listing for the type and amount of each continuing education credit available. Individual courses for engineers and architects are not subject to pre-approval. HalfMoon Education does not apply for landscape courses in FL, NC, and NJ or land surveyor courses in FL, KS, NJ, TN and TX, unless expressly stated.

HalfMoon Education Certifying Entities

American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (No. J885)

International Code Council (No. 1232)

Landscape Architect Continuing Education System

American Institute of Certified Planners (APA)

Boards of Engineering: Florida (No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina (No. S-0130), and North Dakota.

Course-by-Course Providers: Association of State Floodplain Managers

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for engineers and architects via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and §69.6(i)(2)). NY landscape architects: §79-1.5(i)(2)

Speakers

W.B. SMITH

HYDROPOWER INTERNATIONAL SERVICES INTER-NATIONAL CONSULTANCY

Mr. Smith is president of Hydropower International Services Inter-National Consultancy, L.L.C. (HISINC, L.L.C.), which was formed in 2000 as a private consulting firm to provide technical engineering services, including project management for floodplain management and stormwater development projects. HISINC, L.L.C. is also involved in project identification missions, feasibility studies, design, and construction management for mini, small, and medium hydroelectric generating projects, and other hydrologic and hydraulic engineering services both domestically and internationally. Previous to creating his own consulting firm, Mr. Smith was a senior project manager for The Benham Group for over 25 years. Mr. Smith was presented the 1996 Newsmaker Award from Engineering News Record and was listed in International Who’s Who of Professionals in 1995. Mr. Smith received his certification as a floodplain manager in 2004, and has been a member of the Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association (OFMA) since January 2004. Mr. Smith is currently past chair of OFMA, chair of the training cadre, Region 2 representative, and the OFMA Disaster Response Team (DRT) coordinator.  Mr. Smith was educated as a hydrologist, and he has used this expertise to be involved in floodplain management, hydrological analyses, floodplain mapping, hydraulic analyses for almost 40 years in Oklahoma.