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After a 3-year break for COVID, we’re excited to kick off our HEC-RAS training series with a live, face-to-face course in Perth, Western Australia. Join us from 12-13 October, 2022 to explore the new features in HEC-RAS Version 6.3, which was newly released in August 2022.

We have fewer than 5 places remaining in the October Perth course;
Register here to secure your place.

View our course flyer here:

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Pricing

The price for the 2-day course is just $500 + GST. We are including all new WA-based case studies that will take advantage of new features in HEC-RAS 6.3. Case studies include diversion drains, mine pit inflow, rail and highway embankments, tailings dam break, direct rainfall/rain on grid, and urban and coastal flooding. Workshop materials include hydraulic structures, GIS interfacing, and terrain modification within RAS Mapper. Each day’s course runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with individual support available until 5:00 pm. Following is an outline of the proceedings:

Course Contents

DAY 1: Wednesday 12 Oct 2022

8:30 am – 9:00 am Introductions and administration
9:00 am – 9:30 am Demo: What’s new in HEC-RAS 6.3
9:30 am – 10:00 am Lecture: Selecting 1D vs 2D model
10:00 am – 10:15 am Lecture: RAS Mapper and GIS interfacing
10:15 am – 10:30 am Morning Tea
10:30 am – 11:30 am Workshop: Importing and modifying terrain files
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lecture: Computational mesh generation
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Workshop: Creating 2D areas
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Lecture: Hydrologic boundary conditions
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Lecture: Time step selection
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Afternoon tea
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Workshop: Entering unsteady flow data
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Individual support

DAY 2: Thursday 13 Oct 2022

8:00 am – 8:30 am Individual support
8:30 am – 9:00 am Lecture: Adding internal structures
9:00 am – 10:00 am Workshop: Running a model with structures
10:00 am – 10:30 am Lecture: Dams and lateral weirs
10:30am – 10:45 am Morning tea
10:45 am – 11:45 am Workshop: Simulating a dam/levee breach
11:45 am – 12:30 pm Lecture: Viewing and exporting in RAS Mapper
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch break
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lecture: Troubleshooting steps
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Workshop: QA/QC and model troubleshooting
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Lecture: Model Calibration
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Afternoon tea
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm Lecture: Benchmarking HEC-RAS vs. other models
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Workshop: Building your own model from scratch
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Individual support

Requirements

Please bring a laptop pre-loaded with HEC-RAS Version 6.3. The free software can be download here. Please test the program before arriving, and contact us with any installation issues. We recommend having a mouse with a middle wheel button. You are welcome to bring an external monitor if your laptop screen is small.

No prior experience with HEC-RAS or other modelling software is required – we will be building models from scratch. The course content is designed to be challenging to those with prior experience who are just looking to master the new features but not overwhelming for those brand new to HEC-RAS.

Course Location: SMEC, Level 14/109 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA