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CIV5882 · Monash University

Flood hydraulics and hydrology

Credit points
6
Level
5
Workload
≈ 12 h / week
Faculty
Engineering

What it covers

This unit focuses on flood modelling for engineering design. Methods to estimate design flood magnitudes from experimental observations will be presented. Hydrologic and hydraulic routing models will be introduced along with software packages that apply these models.

Assessment

TaskTypeWeight
Assignment 1: Flood frequency analysis and hydrologic modellinghurdleWritten20%
Final assessmenthurdleExamination60%
Assignment 2: Hydraulic modellinghurdleWritten20%

Hurdle tasks must be passed regardless of your overall mark.

When and where

Not offered in 2027, or offerings not published yet.