HEC-RAS with an Introduction to HEC-RAS 2D

This event qualifies for up to 29.5 PDHs

This course is a three-day introduction of HEC-RAS and a one-day introduction to HEC-RAS 2D, with applications to dam safety. The three-day introduction course provides hands on opportunity to use the program and resolve specific questions. The objective of this course is to review the principles of open channel hydraulics as they relate to the natural stream environment with application to dam safety. Both steady and unsteady flow modeling will be explored.

HEC-RAS 2D represents the most significant advancement of HEC-RAS in the last decade and includes many new features that will allow users to more accurately and more efficiently map the consequences of potential dam failures for hazard classification and emergency action planning. The goal of this one-day presentation is to instruct students on the basic capabilities of the HEC-RAS 2D model. Due to the limited time available in this workshop, detailed instruction on how to develop a new 2D model is not provided. Students will become familiar with the data requirements and general process of 2D modeling and will have the opportunity to explore a simple 2D model.

By the end of the course participants will be able to apply these six objectives and have a comfort level in developing and analyzing a hydraulic model for typical open channel flow applications.

Apply the principles to model a dam break
Identify the data requirements for modeling
Develop the appropriate boundary conditions
Extract and analyze hydraulic output data
Obtain an understanding of 1D/2D unsteady flow modeling with
HEC-RAS
Understand how to use 2D flow areas within HEC-RAS

Attendees will recieve up-to 29.5 professional development hours for the completion of all course work.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Arthur C. Miller, Ph.D., P.E.
AECOM
Science Practice Leader

Dr. Miller is a nationally recognized expert in hydrology, hydraulic engineering, dam safety, and water resource management. His over 40 years of experience includes research, consulting, and publishing in hydrology, hydraulics, floodplain delineation, dam safety, bridge scour, river mechanics, sediment transport, and impacts of climate change. He is renowned for his expertise in numerical modeling of open channel flow; unsteady flow; hydraulic design techniques for dams, bridges and culverts; river mechanics; and sediment transport. Dr. Miller teaches courses throughout the country on topics ranging from fundamental hydraulics to open channel flow to hydrologic processes. Dr. Miller regularly teaches courses throughout the country on topics ranging from fundamental hydraulics to open channel flow to hydrologic processes for the National Highway Institute, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Amanda J. Hess, P.E., CFM
H & H Group Manager
Gannett Fleming, Inc.

Ms. Hess is a Hydrology and Hydraulics Group Manager and Senior Project Engineer in the Dams and Hydraulics Section of Gannett Fleming, Inc. Amanda received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. She has over 18 years of experience working on dams, flood control projects, and water supply systems and performing a wide range of hydraulic and hydrologic analyses. She is responsible for leading a team of engineers to perform hydrologic and 1-, 2- and 3-D hydraulic analyses for water resources projects and design hydraulic structures related to flood control reservoirs, dams, bridges, and channel improvement construction, rehabilitation, and reconstruction projects, including the design of spillways, outlet works, and stilling basins. Amanda regularly instructs courses on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling.

Relevant Government Agencies

Army, Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of the Interior, EPA, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, FEMA, Federal Government, State & Local Government, Foreign Governments/Agencies