Sydney, NSW: Flood Modeling & Management
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| Dates: | 21 & 22 September 2011 | |
| Location: |
Sydney, NSW |
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| Level: | All Levels |
Course Outline
Note:
Classes start at 9:00am, (registration at 8:45am) and finish at 5:00pm
A 1 hour lunch will be taken at about 12:30pm.
Introduction
- Graphical User Interface
- File management
- Model control and object creation tools
- Layer control and network management
- Model output review tools
The user will build a simple network using the tools to get familiarity with XP interface.
Flood flow estimation and hydrological modeling
- Creating design storms for flood flow prediction
- Loss processes and models
- Flood flow estimation using runoff routing
- Multi storm generation and critical storm identification
- Flood forecasting using continuous flow simulation
Hydraulics of flood flow
- Hydraulics system building using digital terrain models
- CAD and aerial images
- GIS integration to create flood modelling entities
- Flooding of open channels
- Culvert and road-overtop flows
- Management of flood flows using hydraulic structures including, ponds, outfalls, RTC, inlets etc
River flood management using 1D/2D hydraulic models
- Creating 1D and 2D domains
- Flow boundaries and 1D/2D integration
- Land use patterns
- 1D river floods and 2D overland floods
Urban flood management
- Building urban stormwater network models
- Integration of 1D stormwater network flows and 2D urban flood flows
- Modeling buildings
- Distributed hydrologic modeling using rainfall on 2D grids
Dam break /Levee breach flood management
- Flood levee modeling
- Flood scenario manager with and without flood levee break
- Flood inundation mapping and hazard classification
