The focus of the Part 2 course is hydraulics, sediment transport, and channel design. The 5 days are spent in lecture and computer exercises in flow modeling an
d their application to channel design. Students are introduced to one-dimensional and multi-dimensional flow modeling and sediment transport considerations in channel design.
The course includes advanced lectures in sediment transport and geomorphology, and several computational spreadsheets are presented and applied to channel design problems. We evaluate the circumstances where a channel design should be based on threshold channel assumptions and where sediment mass conservation must also be considered. Students work on design problems during this class.
Dates and Cost
The 2010 short course in Logan will take place on August 9-13. The course fee is $1,600 and includes lunches, snacks and drinks for all five days, dinner one evening, a course binder and transportation to the field sites.
Sample Information Covered in Part 2
- Assessing geomorphic performance of restoration projects
- Estimating sediment transport: challenges and methods; sediment rating curves, cumulative transport
- Hyporheic flow and its consideration in stream restoration
Field measurement of sediment transport and channel conditions relevant to sediment transport
- use of 1-d flow models: modeling of Summit Ck. using HEC-RAS and evaluation of flow competence and transport capacity
- View the 2009 Course Outline
Past Field Exercises
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Measurement of roughness and channel geometry of Summit Creek
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Field measurement of sediment transport and channel conditions relevant to sediment transport at the Cub River
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Assessment and evaluation of channel stabilization needs and restoration opportunities, Logan River at Stewart Nature Park
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Design, construction, and maintenance of alluvial channels at the Provo River Restoration Project