CIV E 632 - Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology
Spring 2016
Suggested Term Project Topics

  1. Verification of Ponce's diffusion wave wave applicability criterion [TBA].

  2. Muskingum-Cunge amplitude and phase portraits revisited [Vuppalapati].

  3. Effect of cross-sectional shape on flood wave attenuation [Magallon].

  4. Extension and testing of the online diffusion wave model to a cascade of watersheds [TBA].

  5. Factors affecting the kinematic shock [TBA].

  6. Verification of the cascade and convolution concept and its application ot geomorphology [TBA].

  7. Reexamination of the dynamic downstream boundary condition in dynamic wave models, including HEC-RAS [TBA].

  8. Comparison of routing steady and unsteady flow with HEC-RAS (Jewell).

  9. Comparison of HEC-HMS kinematic and diffusion models with ONLINE OVERLAND [Diaz].

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

  11. State-of-the-art and application of the NWS DAMBRK model [Ryan].

  12. State-of-the-art and application of the FLO-2D hydrodynamic model [TBA].