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Course:	Advanced HEC-RAS and Scour Analysis
SAP Course Number:	78TECH400018

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Summary:	This course is the successor of the “Introduction to Hydraulics and HEC-RAS” course offered as part of the H&H Professional Development Series. The introductory course covered basic hydraulic principles and methods, HEC-RAS program interface, and basic model setup and troubleshooting. The Advanced HEC-RAS course uses these fundamentals to explore some of the more challenging issues that arise in design. Topics will include FEMA floodway modeling, special bridge situations, existing versus proposed modeling, structures near a downstream confluence, temporary construction conditions, and bridge scour analysis. Analysis of bridge scour is based on Design Manual 4, Chapter 7 and FHWA’s HEC-18 publication “Evaluating Scour at Bridges.” This course assumes participants are proficient users of the HEC-RAS program and have a strong understanding of hydraulic principles. Please ensure you meet the prerequisites outlined below.
Learning Outcomes:	Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: 1. Identify differences between the HEC-2 and HEC-RAS programs, compare encroachment methods, and analyze floodway model input and output. 2. Model various bridge scenarios, including: • perched bridges • skewed crossings • multiple openings 3. Identify special hydraulic situations, such as: • junctions • levees and lateral weirs • split flow • mixed flow regimes and hydraulic jumps 4. Determine boundary conditions for structures near a confluence. 5. Compare an existing conditions hydraulic model with: • proposed scenarios that cross the channel on different alignments and • temporary construction conditions, and quantify the magnitude and extent of flood elevation increases. 6. Identify and resolve HEC-RAS Errors, Warnings, and Notes. 7. Evaluate local and contraction scour using HEC-18 guidelines, and size riprap scour protection per DM-4 Chapter 7.
Prerequisites:	H&H Policies and Procedures (H&H Series Course 1) Introduction to Hydraulics and HEC-RAS (H&H Series Course 3) Attendees must be proficient users of the HEC-RAS software program, have relevant design experience in bridge replacement projects and/or floodplain studies, and have a strong understanding of open channel flow and bridge modeling, including: •Geometric data requirements •Coefficients for roughness and contraction/expansion •Ineffective flow areas •Boundary conditions
Target Audience:	Engineers and designers who are responsible for the development, and/or review, of H&H studies for PennDOT projects.

Special Materials:	**ATTENDANCE AT THE PREREQUISITES WILL NOT BE EXCUSED*** This is an ADVANCED level course. It is recommended that attendees bring a calculator to class.
Final Exam:	Yes

Continuing Education Credits

Miscellaneous	CEHs	Classes After		CEUs	Classes After		PDHs	Classes After

PennDOT:							30.50	12/07/10

Awarding continuing education credits (PDH/CEU/CEH) to a training course or other training event does not imply or guarantee that the training course/event is approved by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. According to Pennsylvania Act 25, “Credit determination for activities…shall be the responsibility of the licensee. Continuing professional competency obtained by a licensee should maintain, improve or expand skills or knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure, including law and ethics applicable to the profession, or develop new and relevant skills and knowledge.”
For informational purposes only:	1 CEU is equal to 10 hours of instruction
	1 CEH is equal to 1 hour of instruction

Course Contact Information

For technical questions regarding this course, contact the following...
Name:	Kimberly Rice
Phone:	(717) 783-4722
Email:	kirice@pa.gov
For general questions about the Training Calendar (such as those regarding schedules, locations, instructors or registrations), see Contact Information in specific classes.

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By Stevie N Grassetti/PennDOT On 05/14/08 At 11:09 AM	By Rhiannan Nearhood/PennDOT On 01/07/20 At 08:56 AM