HEC-RAS 5.0 Training in Wellington – Surface Water Solutions: Consulting and Software Training

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Thanks to all who attended our sold-out course in Wellington. For those who were unable to attend, we’ll be returning to NZ with an upcoming course in Auckland 8-11 June 2019. Please register your interest to be kept informed of any other upcoming NZ courses.

Coramandel NZ photo by Krey Price

Our first course in Wellington was held in the Tonkin + Taylor offices in 2017.

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Agenda

This course focusses on 2D flood modelling, including terrain manipulation and hydraulic structures. We will also include a brief introduction to dam breach parameters. In light of the recent Kaikoura Earthquake, we have added an exciting case study in which you have one hour, working as a team from scratch, to use HEC-RAS to decide whether or not to send the evacuation order to downstream population centres after an earthquake-induced landslide dam blocks an upstream valley.

The course runs from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Following is an outline of the course proceedings:

Wellington HEC-RAS 5.0 Course Outline

DAY 1

8:30 am – 9:00 am	Introductions
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Animation demonstration
9:15 am – 9:45 am	Lecture: 1D vs 2D Theory
9:45 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 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	Lecture: Computational options

DAY 2

8:30 am – 9:00 am	Lecture: Hydraulic structures
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Workshop: Running a model with structures
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Lecture: Breaching dams and lateral weirs
10:30am – 10:45 am	Morning tea
10:45 am – 11:45 am	Workshop: Running a dam breach model
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: Troubleshooting models
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Lecture: Model Calibration
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Afternoon tea
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm	Lecture: Benchmarking HEC-RAS vs. other models
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm	Workshop: Building your own model from scratch

Participants will be able to build, run, and animate two-dimensional flood models from scratch by the end of the course. If you would be interested in attending this course, please register here or submit your expression of interest with the form below. Please also fill out the hydraulic modelling survey to indicate your level of experience with other modelling programs to assist us in tailoring our courses to best suit experience levels.

Certification of continuing professional development hours will be provided to all course attendees.

Location:
Tonkin + Taylor
4/2 Hunter Street
Wellington 6011

Expressions of Interest:

Hope to see you there!