Course Description
Water and wind erosion control will be explored via the climate, soil, and management practices coefficients in models such as Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE2), the Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS), and other similar models. The course will highlight rural and urban applications. The course will also look at comprehensive water quality as predicted using tools such as the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and sediment routing models such as SedCAD.
Athena Title
Wind Water Erosion
Prerequisite
ENGR 3160 or ENGR 3160E
Pre or Corequisite
ENGR 3410 or ENVE 3410 or ENVE 4435/6435
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
- To review the fluid mechanics of boundary layers relating drag on rough surfaces to fluid velocity - To examine how sediment particles respond to water and wind - To apply the water erosion equation to rural and urban situations - To apply the wind erosion equation to rural and urban situations
Topical Outline
- Relevance of water and wind erosion prediction - Review of key aspects of fluid mechanics - Response of particles to wind and water velocities - Types of water erosion - Types of wind erosion - History of model development for wind and water erosion prediction - Simplified approaches for water erosion prediction - RUSLE2 model for water erosion prediction in rural and urban situations - SWAT, SedCAD for watershed scale impact of erosion and sedimentation on basin outflows - Wind erosion prediction with simplified tools - WEPS for wind erosion prediction