After successful completion of the course, students are able to:
The participants are sensitized to practical problems in developing flow modes and to the needs for quality control.
The exercise is comprised of:
Required actions:
Date
Action
30.08. – 05.10.
Register in TISS, TUWEL course online from 05.10.
til 11.10.
Upload first exercise (TUWEL)
13.10.
Online course HECRAS
from 15.10.
Group enrollment and handing out of second exercise
from 20.10.
Timeslots for Interviews available
10.11.
Online course HECRAS (sediment)
til 15.11.
Upload HECRAS model second exercise
16.11.-19.11.
ZOOM-Interviews groups (15 minutes)
from 24.11.
Timeslots for final presentations available
til 13.12.
Upload of technical report (pdf) and HECRAS model 3rd exercise
14.12.-17.12.
Final presentations and discussions
The exercise takes place ONLY in the WINTER SEMESTER, as provided in the curriculum!
Important Information for absolving the KW-Übung:
The exercise will be solved self-sustained on a WINDOWS-computer, including model setup, data recherche, report and presentation writing.
HECRAS is freeware. To help you with installing and running HECRAS, a scriptum and tutorial videos will be supplied. There will be no additional lectures for the KW-Übung.
Basic knowledge in hydraulics and hydraulic engineering is required and will not be repeated within the Übung.
A maximum of 20 point is achievable. A minimum of 10 points is required for successful termination.
Tasks
Rated performance
Rating
Upload Aufgabe 1
Running model, correct upload of required files
Upload only, no points
Upload Aufgabe 2
Rated points: expenses, care, level of detail, obvious and hidden errors
2 P
Interview
ZOOM-meeting group with 1-2 examiners (15 min)
Rated points: Knowledge HECRAS, knowledge river section (recherched), analytical understanding of the system, plausibility of assumptions, quality and skill of the HECRAS-demonstration
5 P
Upload Aufgabe 3
Final presentation
Rated points: Knowledge river system (historical development, hydraulics, sediments), plausibility of assumptions, quality and skill of the presentation incl. focus on the essential points, impression of team work / workload sharing.
6 P
Techn. report
Running pdf-report
Rated points: Care and writing style / spelling, quality and selectiveness of figures, integration of figures in the text, readability (incl. axes in figures), writing style (scientific-technical, avoiding phrasing and subjectivity)
The work will be carried out on computers (Windows only - please make use of the TU PC workstations, in case you don't have a private computer/laptop), including model-set up, data recherche, report writing and presentation design. The knowledge and use of appropriate software for these tasks is being expected.
