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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / IMU 415 - CIVIL ENGINEERING

Code: IMU 415 Course Title: HYDROLOGY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department CIVIL ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer İSMAİL DİNÇER (idincer@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The introduction for students about the hydrology science which gains significance increasingly. Establishing the foundation for the water resources course in the next term. Enabling the application on water resources subject employing mathematics, physics, and statistics sciences, design of hydraulic structures.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Learning the elements of the hydrological cycle and comprehending its significance in civil engineering PO-7 Ability to express ideas and solution proposals using verbal, written and graphic expression techniques, ability to think in 3D, ability to creative in design issues.
PO-10 Knowledge about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development
PO-11 Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions
Examination
LO-2 Learning the significance of the groundwater in civil engineering PO-2 Ability to determine, identify, formulate and solve the sophisticated engineering problems, to select and apply appropriate methods and techniques for this purpose.
PO-3 The ability of designing a complex system, process, device product under realistic constraints and conditions and to meet certain requirements; for this purpose, the ability of applying modern design methods.
PO-4 Skill of development, selection, using modern techniques and tools are necessary for engineering applications, ability of using information technology effectively.
Examination
LO-3 The measurement of the hydrologic data and the ability to analyze the recorded data PO-10 Knowledge about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development
PO-11 Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions
Examination
LO-4 The learning of the flow which is an element of hydrological cycle directly affecting the civil engineering and the ability to employ the unit hydrograph theory which is frequently used in our country in the evaluation of the flows PO-4 Skill of development, selection, using modern techniques and tools are necessary for engineering applications, ability of using information technology effectively.
PO-8 Awareness of the life-long learning, the skills to access to the information, to follow the improvements in science and technology and continuous self-development
Examination
LO-5 The ability to apply statistics which is an indispensable subject for the civil engineering program in water resources subject PO-4 Skill of development, selection, using modern techniques and tools are necessary for engineering applications, ability of using information technology effectively.
PO-8 Awareness of the life-long learning, the skills to access to the information, to follow the improvements in science and technology and continuous self-development
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The definition of the hydrology, Rainfall, Evaporation, Infiltration, Groundwater flow. Flow records and analysis, River basins, Snow melting, Hydrograph and analysis, Unit hydrograph theory and its applications, Synthetic unit hydrograph, The routing of the hydrograph along the river, Probability theory and the employment of statistics in the hydrology
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Definition of hydrology, place and significance of hydrology in civil engineering, hydrologic cycle, basic equations of hydrology Description Method
2 Generation of Precipitation, Measurement of Precipitation, Analysis of Precipitation Records Description Method
3 Mechanism of Evaporation, Evaporation from Water Surface, Evaporation from Soil and Snow Surface, Transpiration and Interception, Evapotranspiration Losses Description Method
4 Infiltration Capacity, Infiltration Velocity, Infiltration Indices Description Method
5 Ground Water Zones, Unsaturated Zone, Saturated Zone, Feeding and Losses of Ground Water Description Method
6 Ground Water Flow, Flow in the Unsaturated Zone, Abstraction of Ground Water by Wells, Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity Description Method
7 Level and Water Surface Slope Measurements, Cross-Section measurements, Discharge Measurements, Flow Rating Curve, Analysis of Flow Records Description Method
8 mid-term exam
9 River Basin Characteristics, Separation of Flow into Components, Flow induced by Snow Melting Description Method
10 Elements of the Hydrograph, Separation of the Indirect Flow and the Base Flow, System Analysis of River Basins, Parametric Basin Models Description Method
11 Definition of the Unit Hydrograph, Unit Hydrograph as a Rainfall Runoff Model Description Method
12 Synthetic Unit Hydrographs, Instantaneous Unit Hydrographs Description Method
13 Hydrograph Routing along the Channel Description Method
14 Probability, Frequency Distribution, Probability Distribution Functions, Flood Frequency Analysis Description Method
15 Probability, Frequency Distribution, Probability Distribution Functions, Flood Frequency Analysis Description Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Prof. Dr. Nurünnisa USUL – Mühendislik Hidroloji
2 Prof. Dr. Mehmetçik BAYAZIT, Prof. Dr. İlhan AVCI, Prof. Dr. Zekai ŞEN, Hidroloji Uygulamaları
Required Course instruments and materials
Prof. Dr. Nurünnisa USUL – Mühendislik Hidroloji Prof. Dr. Mehmetçik BAYAZIT, Prof. Dr. Ilhan AVCI, Prof. Dr. Zekai SEN, Hidroloji Uygulamalari

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 1 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 7 3 21
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 7 3 21
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 102