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16-Civ-B4 Engineering Hydrology

Worked solutions to 10 past sittings (2013–2018), 70 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

May 2018

  1. Question 1: Runoff Hydrographs, Unit Hydrographs and Conceptual Models
  2. Question 2: Hydrologic Cycle, Groundwater Flow and Surface Runoff
  3. Question 3: Hydrologic Modelling and Reservoir or Lake Routing
  4. Question 4: Point and Areal Precipitation and Stream Flow Measurement
  5. Question 5: Urban and Highway Drainage Structure Design
  6. Question 6: Statistical Frequency and Probability Analysis
  7. Question 7: Channel or River Routing and Flood Wave Behaviour

December 2017

  1. Question 1: Hydrologic Cycle Processes, Groundwater and Surface Runoff
  2. Question 2: Runoff Hydrographs, Unit Hydrographs and Conceptual Models
  3. Question 3: Point and Areal Precipitation, and Stream-Flow Measurement
  4. Question 4: Hydrologic Modelling and Reservoir or Lake Routing
  5. Question 5: Channel Routing and Flood-Wave Behaviour
  6. Question 6: Frequency and Probability Analysis of Precipitation and Floods
  7. Question 7: Urban and Highway Drainage Structure Design

May 2017

  1. Question 1: Runoff hydrographs, unit hydrographs and conceptual models of runoff
  2. Question 2: Hydrologic cycle processes, groundwater flow and surface runoff
  3. Question 3: Point and areal precipitation, and stream flow measurement
  4. Question 4: Hydrologic modelling, and reservoir and lake routing
  5. Question 5: Channel or river routing and flood wave behaviour
  6. Question 6: Frequency and probability analysis of precipitation and floods
  7. Question 7: The hydrologic equation, energy budget and infiltration simulation

May 2016

  1. Question 1: Hydrologic cycle processes, groundwater flow and surface runoff
  2. Question 2: Runoff hydrographs, unit hydrographs and conceptual models
  3. Question 3: Point and areal precipitation, and stream flow measurement
  4. Question 4: Hydrologic modelling, and reservoir and lake routing
  5. Question 5: Channel or river routing and flood wave behaviour
  6. Question 6: Frequency and probability analysis of precipitation and floods
  7. Question 7: The hydrologic equation, energy budget and infiltration simulation

December 2015

  1. Question 1: Hydrologic cycle processes, groundwater flow and surface runoff
  2. Question 2: Conceptual models, unit hydrographs and runoff hydrographs
  3. Question 3: Hydrologic modelling, reservoir and lake routing
  4. Question 4: Areal precipitation and stream-flow measurement
  5. Question 5: Channel and river routing, flood-wave behaviour
  6. Question 6: Frequency and probability analysis of precipitation and floods
  7. Question 7: Energy budget equation and infiltration simulation

May 2015

  1. Question 1: Hydrologic Cycle Processes, Groundwater Flow and Surface Runoff
  2. Question 2: Runoff Hydrographs, Unit Hydrographs and Conceptual Models
  3. Question 3: Areal Precipitation and Stream Flow Measurement
  4. Question 4: Hydrologic Modelling, Model Validation and Reservoir Routing
  5. Question 5: Channel Routing and Flood-Wave Behaviour
  6. Question 6: Frequency and Probability Analysis of Precipitation and Floods
  7. Question 7: Hydrologic Equation, Energy Budget and Infiltration Simulation

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Areal Precipitation and Stream Flow Measurement
  2. Question 2: Hydrologic Cycle Processes, Surface Runoff and Groundwater Flow
  3. Question 3: Unit Hydrographs, Runoff Hydrographs and Conceptual Models
  4. Question 4: Frequency and Probability Analysis of Precipitation and Floods
  5. Question 5: Reservoir and Lake Routing, and Hydrologic Modelling
  6. Question 6: Hydrologic Equation, Infiltration Simulation and Energy Budget
  7. Question 7: Channel Routing and Flood Wave Behaviour

December 2013

  1. Question 1: Precipitation, Groundwater and Surface Runoff in a Rural Watershed
  2. Question 2: Unit Hydrographs, Runoff Hydrographs and Conceptual Models
  3. Question 3: Point and Areal Precipitation, and Long-Term Streamflow Measurement
  4. Question 4: Channel Routing and Dam-Break Flood-Wave Behaviour
  5. Question 5: Frequency and Probability Analysis of Precipitation and Floods
  6. Question 6: Hydrologic Equation, Energy Budget and Infiltration Simulation
  7. Question 7: Hydrologic Modelling, Reservoir Routing and Lake Routing

May 2013

  1. Question 1: Hydrologic Cycle, Effective Rainfall and Groundwater Flow
  2. Question 2: Models of Runoff, Unit Hydrographs and Hydrograph Shape
  3. Question 3: Streamflow Measurement and Areal Precipitation
  4. Question 4: Channel and River Routing, and Flood-Wave Behaviour
  5. Question 5: Hydrologic Model Calibration and Reservoir Routing
  6. Question 6: Frequency and Probability Analysis of Precipitation and Floods
  7. Question 7: Water Balance, Energy Budget and Infiltration Simulation

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: Hydrologic cycle processes, groundwater flow and surface runoff
  2. Question 2: Runoff hydrographs, unit hydrographs and conceptual models of runoff
  3. Question 3: Point and areal estimates of precipitation, and stream flow measurement
  4. Question 4: Basics of hydrologic modelling, and reservoir and lake routing
  5. Question 5: Channel or river routing and flood wave behaviour
  6. Question 6: Statistical methods of frequency and probability analysis applied to precipitation and floods
  7. Question 7: Urban and highway drainage structure design