CIVL322‐CIVL912 Hydraulics & Hydrology
MAJOR PROJECT (hydrology)
Due date: Week 13, Friday. 5:00pm, 3rd, June, 2022
Moodle submission,
Calculation spreadsheets in an excel file to be included
This document is to be submitted in formal report format including title page and table of
contents.
All information used in this report with the exception of information sourced from this
document must be cited correctly in either Harvard or APA formats.
Marks will be deducted for incorrect referencing, incorrect units or messy work.
All calculations and spreadsheets must be included in relevant appendices; marks will be
deducted for unsupported results.
This is a group report formed by up to 6 students who will submit the hydraulic experimental
report together.
The subject coordinator will investigate each one’s contribution if some members complain
uneven contribution. Up to zero mark may be applied to inactive students.
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, Project location:
This assignment is to estimate the runoff hydrographs at the river mouth of Fairy Creek using WBNM
and the results obtained are expected to be justified using methods recommended by ARR. Fairy
Creek is a stream in Wollongong and near its outlet, UOW’s innovation campus is situated. There are
3 creeks flow into its river mouth, i.e., Fairy Creek; Cabbage Tree Creek and Towradgi Arm. For any
development in this region, the first step is to conduct the flood study. As a water engineer, you are
requested:
1) To draw the catchment boundary based on the contour in google map, and estimate the
catchment area (2’);
2) To estimate the centroid point of the catchment, and determine the IFD curve (1’)
3) Using the information in http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml, estimate the
distance between the centroid point and three rainfall gauge stations, i.e., Woonona, Bellambi
and Port Kembla (BSL central lab), (1’)
4) Using the IFD information, estimate the peak discharge for one‐year, 10‐year, 50‐year and
100‐year floods, WBNM is recommended. (3’)
5) Justify your results using the floods in 2022 and 1998 (see information below), and discuss
how to mitigate the flood disaster using innovative methods. (3’)
Fig. 1 the catchment of Fairy Creek
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MAJOR PROJECT (hydrology)
Due date: Week 13, Friday. 5:00pm, 3rd, June, 2022
Moodle submission,
Calculation spreadsheets in an excel file to be included
This document is to be submitted in formal report format including title page and table of
contents.
All information used in this report with the exception of information sourced from this
document must be cited correctly in either Harvard or APA formats.
Marks will be deducted for incorrect referencing, incorrect units or messy work.
All calculations and spreadsheets must be included in relevant appendices; marks will be
deducted for unsupported results.
This is a group report formed by up to 6 students who will submit the hydraulic experimental
report together.
The subject coordinator will investigate each one’s contribution if some members complain
uneven contribution. Up to zero mark may be applied to inactive students.
1
, Project location:
This assignment is to estimate the runoff hydrographs at the river mouth of Fairy Creek using WBNM
and the results obtained are expected to be justified using methods recommended by ARR. Fairy
Creek is a stream in Wollongong and near its outlet, UOW’s innovation campus is situated. There are
3 creeks flow into its river mouth, i.e., Fairy Creek; Cabbage Tree Creek and Towradgi Arm. For any
development in this region, the first step is to conduct the flood study. As a water engineer, you are
requested:
1) To draw the catchment boundary based on the contour in google map, and estimate the
catchment area (2’);
2) To estimate the centroid point of the catchment, and determine the IFD curve (1’)
3) Using the information in http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/index.shtml, estimate the
distance between the centroid point and three rainfall gauge stations, i.e., Woonona, Bellambi
and Port Kembla (BSL central lab), (1’)
4) Using the IFD information, estimate the peak discharge for one‐year, 10‐year, 50‐year and
100‐year floods, WBNM is recommended. (3’)
5) Justify your results using the floods in 2022 and 1998 (see information below), and discuss
how to mitigate the flood disaster using innovative methods. (3’)
Fig. 1 the catchment of Fairy Creek
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