Assoc.Prof.Dr.

Aytaç GUVEN
SPRING 2015-2016
 Usul, N., Engineering Hydrology, METU Press,
Ankara, Turkey, 2005.
The following parts of the text book will not be covered
in the course content.
Chapter 1: 1.6
Chapter 2: Completely
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.3.1,
3.3.2,3.3.4, 3.6
Chapter 4: 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.5
Chapter 5: Completely
Chapter 6: 6.4, 6.7.2.1, 6.7.3
Chapter 7: 7.4.2
Chapter 10: Completely
Chapter 11: Completely
Chapter 12: Completely
 Upon successful completion of the course you
should be able to apply the principles of
hydrology to solve engineering hydrology
design problems involving hydrologic modeling
and analysis.
Introduction (Chapter 1)

 Hydrology in Water Resources Engineering;

 The Hydrologic Cycle;
 Subject Matter of Hydrology;
 Hydrology in Engineering;
 System Concept.
Precipitation (Chapter 3)

 Measurement of Precipitation;
 Analysis of Precipitation Data;
 Rational Method
Streamflow (Chapter 4)

 Water State Measurement;

 Selection of Station Site;
 Discharge Computation;
 Stage Discharge Relationship;
 Interpretation of Streamflow Data.
Basin (Chapter 6)

 Area Perimeter and Shape of the Basin;

 Gradient;
 Drainage Characteristics of the Basin;
 Soil Characteristics and Land Cover;
 Infiltration.
Hydrograph Analysis (Chapter 7)

 Components of Runoff;
 Hydrograph;
 Separation of Hydrograph Components;
 Unit Hydrograph;
 Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph;
 Synthetic Unit Hydrogrpah.
Flood Routing (Chapter 8)

 Storage Equation;
 Reservoir Routing;
 Routing in Natural Channels.
Statistical Methods in Hydrology (Chapter 9)

 Selection of Data;
 Types of Data Series;
 Frequency Histogram;
 Risk Analysis;
 Probability Distribution Functions;
 Regression Analysis.
 The oldest water works known are the irrigation
systems builts in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Middle Asia
and China
 The chinese recorded observations of wind and
precipitation as early as 1200 B.C.
 The concept of a dynamic hydrologic cycle may be
found in China by 900 B.C., in India.
 Hydrology as a science was first defined by Pierre
Perrault, Edme Mariotte, and Edmund Halley.
 Cassini and Ramazzini offered the hydrostatic
theory of artesian pressure.
 Bernoulli and his son in 1738, and Chezy in 1775
discovered velocity equations known under their
names.
 Pitot in 1732 and Venturi in 1798 designed
instruments to record velocity.
 Mid-term I 30%
 Mid-term II 30%
 Final exam 40%
 Attendance is strictly required.

 Students who have attendance less than 70%

will be graded according to catalog.