Hydrology and Drainage Works
Objectives
Knowledge of methods taught in the scope of the discipline, towards a theoretical and practical approach of problems and questions regarding Hydrology and quantitative analysis of the water resources forum.
Introduction to the basics of water resources management.
General characterization
Code
10435
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Fernando Manuel dos Anjos Henriques, Rui José Raposo Rodrigues
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Applied Hydrology, Van Te Chow, David Maidment e Larrfya Mays, Mc-Graw Hill, 1988;
Global Hydrology – Processes, Resources and Environmental Management, J.A.A. Jones, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1997.
Hidrologia e Recursos Hídricos: Hipólito, J.R. e A. Carmo Vaz 2012 IST Press, 2012.
Lições de Hidrologia, Armando Lencastre e Frederico Melo Franco, ed. Fundação Armando Lencastre, 2003.
Teaching method
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Evaluation method
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Subject matter
Hydrological cycle: general subjects; hydrological balance.
Watershed analysis: delimitation; phisiographic characteristics.
Precipitation: classification; precipitation intensity and depth; statistics and hydrology.
Interception: concept and processes.
Evaporation: concepts; measurement; calculation; factors that influence evaporation.
Evapotranspiration: concepts; potential and effective evapotranspiration; potential evapotranspiration.
Flow in the saturated and the unsaturated zone.
Hydraulic conductivity. Darcy’s law.
Infiltration, percolation and drainage.
Surface runoff: river flow measurement; hydrological series; reservoir dimensioning; watershed runoff components; hydrographs; flooding; urban surface runoff.
Water resources managemnt: demanwater demand and availability; reservoir design and operation.
Soil erosion. Sediment transport.
Hydrological modelling: methods and mathematical models
Programs
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