CIV E 632 - Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology
Spring 2014
Suggested Term Project Topics

  1. Cunge's amplitude and phase portraits revisited [TBA].

  2. Reexamination of Ponce's version of the dynamic hydraulic diffusivity [Nuccitelli].

  3. Reexamination of the applicability of kinematic and diffusion waves [Ian Crano].

  4. Reexamination of the dynamic downstream boundary condition in dynamic wave models [TBA].

  5. Comparison of routing in hydraulically wide, triangular, and inherently stable channels [Ramos].

  6. Comparison of overland flow diffusion wave model with SWMM and HEC-HMS [Aguilar].

  7. Convergence of explicit groundwater flow models (Fortran) [TBA].

  8. Sensitivity of unsteady component of HEC-RAS to channel length [Russell].

  9. Online Muskingum-Cunge router for the Thomas problem [TBA].

  10. HEC-RAS application for the Thomas problem (Unsteady HEC-RAS) [Smith].

  11. Comparison of Woolhiser's kinematic flow number and Ponce's kinematic wave applicability criterion [TBA].

  12. Comparison of Fread's and Ponce's convergence criterion for dynamic wave models using the Preismann scheme [TBA].