CCE 59700 – Physical Aspects of Stream Restoration
Credits and contact hours
3 credits
Lecture meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Specific course information
Catalog description: As this course is still considered experimental, there is no description as yet in the catalog. It however discusses basic hydrological, hydraulic, sediment-transport, and fluvial geomorphical aspects related to stream restoration, including concepts of bankfull quantities, regional curves, scaling, water and sediment conveyance, stream classification, and channel stability.
Prerequisites: CCE 34000 or equivalent with minimum Grade of C-
Course status: Elective course
Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to understand and apply the basic physical concepts arising in stream restoration problems, including:
estimating design discharges for gaged and ungaged streams
applying regional curves for hydrology and hydraulic geometry
analysis of streambank stabilization, and designing riprap as well as other bio-engineering and flow-redirection approaches
the application of the analytic approach to the design of stable channels
Relationship of course to program outcomes
Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
Topics
Introduction to stream restoration aims, objectives, and controversies
Hydrological aspects
recurrence intervals and flood frequency analysis
scaling and regional regression approaches to hydrologic characterization for ungaged streams
design discharge, bankfull discharge
flow duration curves
Open channel hydraulics
Review of basic conservation equations
Flow resistance modeling and uniform flows
fixed-bed and gravel-bed flow resistance models
variable roughness: two-stage channels and non-constant roughness in a main channel
Best hydraulic section: classical and computational approaches
Sediment transport
sediment characteristics
incipient motion, the Shields parameter, and the Shields diagram
streambank stabilization and riprap design
flow resistance models for alluvial channels
sediment-transport models for alluvial channels: Meyer-Peter-Muller model and Brownlie model
Fluvial geomorphology and role in stream restoration
hydraulic geometry
regional regression relationships
Lane geomorphic relationship: application and limitations
stream classification: stream order and Rosgen scheme
qualitative channel evolution models
Channel design
Approaches to channel design: analytic and analog approaches
