HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS Training
Auckland NZ April 2024
In partnership with New Zealand-based Golovin, our annual HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS course in Auckland continues in 2024 with a 5-day series of in-person courses. This intensive, interactive set of workshops uses free hydrologic and hydraulic modelling software:
* Day 1: Learn essential skills to set up and run a HEC-HMS model
* Day 2: Apply new GIS tools, gridded rainfall, and other advanced features using HEC-HMS
* Day 3: Set up and run basic 1D and 2D models in HEC-RAS
* Day 4: Apply terrain modification, culverts & bridges, 3D viewing, and other advanced features using HEC-RAS
* Day 5: Learn specialised tools for advanced modelling applications (subject to expressions of interest)
Click on the flyer below to download the enrolment forms with additional course details:
Special offers available for previous course attendees:
Contact us for offer details if you just need to brush up on your skills!
Course Contents:
DAY 1: HEC-HMS Essentials
The following topics will be covered:
- Review of TP108
- Overview of Precipitation-Runoff Processes
- Basin Precipitation
- Rainfall Loss Rates Computation
- Channel Routing
- Multiple catchment and stream modelling
- Basin Model Manager
- Meteorological Model Manager
- Control specifications and time-series data
DAY 2: HEC-HMS Advanced (Day 1 materials will be provided to those attending only Day 2)
The following topics will be covered:
- Using GIS tools in HEC-HMS
- Shared component data
- Gridded boundary condition data
- Model calibration
- Using 2D Flow in HEC-HMS
- Working with Depth-Area Analysis
- Working with Optimisation Trials
- Working with Time Series Results
- Exporting results for use in HEC-RAS
- Creating a basin map
DAY 3: HEC-RAS Essentials
The following topics will be covered:
- File management with HEC-RAS
- RAS Mapper and GIS interfacing
- Importing terrain files
- Setting up a 1D network
- Entering reach data
- Entering cross sectional data
- Entering roughness data
- Junctions
- Bridges and culverts
- Steady and unsteady flow
- Executing plan files
- Floodplain analysis
DAY 4: HEC-RAS Advanced (Day 3 materials will be provided to those attending only Day 4)
The following topics will be covered:
- Computational mesh generation
- Creating 2D areas
- Hydrologic boundary conditions
- Time step selection
- Entering unsteady flow data
- Computational options and tolerances
- Setting up plan files
- Adding internal structures
- Breaching dams and lateral weirs
- Viewing and exporting in RAS Mapper
- Troubleshooting models
- Calibrating models
- Building your own model from scratch
Pricing
Enquire for discounts via e-mail to steven@golovin.co.nz.
Day 5 Special Workshops
Please submit the expression of interest provided with the registration form if you would be interested in attending an interactive workshop on Day 5 focussed on any of the following topics:
* Advanced hydraulic structures
* Dam breach
* Optimisation and uncertainty analyses
* Flood frequency analyses
* Rating curves
The workshops will be stand-alone format; former course attendees are welcome to attend without pre-requisite material.
Requirements
Please bring a laptop pre-loaded with HEC-HMS Version 4.11 and/or HEC-RAS Version 6.4.1 as applicable. The free software can be download here. Please test the programs 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-HMS, HEC-RAS or other modelling software is required – we will be building models from scratch. Workshop material can be varied to suit attendee background levels, and 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-HMS and HEC-RAS.
- Click here to e-mail your attached registration form for the Auckland course and secure your place
- Click here to register your interest for the Auckland course
- Click here for in-house training options
- Click here to enquire with any questions about upcoming course