Flood Propagation and Mitigation - WEU3FPM6

Volumes horaires
- CM 8.0
- Projet -
- TD -
- Stage -
- TP 32.0
Crédits ECTS
Crédits ECTS 4.0

Objectif(s)

To understand the major concepts used in flood risk analysis
To learn characterizing a flood
To learn estimating design floods
To learn making cost-benefit analysis
To learn using an unsteady hydraulic model

Responsable(s)

Louise CROCHEMORE

Contenu(s)

Definition of hazard, vulnerability, flood risk, flood disaster
Characterization of floods (fluvial, coastal, pluvial, structural failure/overtopping floods)
Flood hazard assessment (magnitude (intensity) and associated exceeding probability)
Vulnerability analysis
Methods for flood mitigation
Flood mitigation economics
1 poster + oral presentation : description of a major flood of the students native countries (Where? When? Why? How? How much? Who? When?)
2 projects : flood design + cost-benefit analysis (application to the Villerest dam on the Loire River) and hydraulic flood propagation (application of HEC-RAS to the the Loire River)

Prérequis

Engineering hydrology and River dynamics

Contrôle des connaissances

Première session/ 1st session
Evaluation non rattrapable (EN) / EN assessment : Affiche + présentation orale individuelle et 2 missions d'apprentissage basées sur des projets (groupe) / poster + oral presentation (individual) and 2 projects-based learning assignments (group)
Evaluation rattrapable (ER) / ER assessment : examen écrit 1h / 1 hour individual written exam

Session de rattrapage / Second session
ER : La note obtenue remplace la note de ER. / Another exam will replace the first one
EN : Le contrôle continu n'est pas rattrapable/ Retaking this assessment is not possible
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Si situation en distanciel / If distant learning mandatory:
Evaluation non rattrapable (EN) / EN assessment : Affiche + présentation orale individuelle et 2 missions d'apprentissage basées sur des projets (groupe)/poster + oral presentation (individual) and 2 projects-based learning assignments (group)
Evaluation rattrapable (ER) / ER assessment : présentation orale de 15min avec préparation de 15min (total de 30min) / 15 minutes individual oral defense with 15 minutes preparation (30 minutes total)

Course Unit assessment = ER 30% + EN 70%

L'examen existe uniquement en anglais