Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and ASCE's Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) 

INSTRUCTOR:  Martin J. Teal, P.E., P.H., D.WRE, F.ASCE

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Purpose and Background

This webinar explains the importance of sediment transport modeling, how sediment transport in HEC-RAS works and how it relates to normal hydraulic calculations. Erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment are natural processes that provide both problems and opportunities. Prediction of sediment processes is often important in watershed, flood management, restoration, and environmental studies. Numerical modeling of these processes can be used to estimate the response of rivers and reservoirs under various conditions (e.g., pre- versus post-project). This webinar provides an introduction to sediment transport modeling as implemented in the widely-used software from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, HEC-RAS (River Analysis System).

Learning Outcomes

• Learn about typical applications of sediment transport models
• Know the basic steps that HEC-RAS uses to compute sediment transport
• Learn both the capabilities and limitations of HEC-RAS for sediment transport
• Know what input data is required to execute a sediment analysis in HEC-RAS
• Set up and execute a simple sediment transport model in HEC-RAS

Webinar Benefits

• Understand one of the latest features added to the HEC-RAS software
• Determine if sediment transport modeling is right for you or your project
• Know what input data is needed to conduct a numerical sediment transport analysis with HEC-RAS
• Find out about the capabilities and limitations of the software for sedimentation analyses
• Be able to set up a simple HEC-RAS sediment transport model immediately

Intended Audience

• Hydraulic Engineers
• Public Agency Engineers reviewing work by others
• Civil Engineers
• Planners
• Environmental Restoration Professionals

Webinar Outline

• Why might you want to model sediment transport
• Sediment in HEC-RAS background and current status
• Sediment in HEC-RAS approach
• Model capabilities and limitations
• How to set up a sediment transport simulation in HEC-RAS