Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research

Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research

Physical and Digital Model of the San Dimas Watershed for Educational, Research, and Outreach Purposes

Authors:

Patricia Hsia, Shannon Smith

Mentor:

Seema Shah-Fairbank, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

The goal of this study has been to develop physical and digital models for research, education, and outreach. The model will be based off the US Forest Service San Dimas Experimental Watershed in the San Bernardino Mountains. Both models depict water behavior caused by precipitation through surface runoff processes. The physical model displays various watershed properties and contains different types of porous and nonporous media in order to simulate the motion of water. A flow meter has been installed to measure the surface flow rate. HEC-HMS is a hydrologic software that simulates the behavior of the physical model. The digital model provides a scaling factor for the physical model and calibrates physical model flow rates. The physical and digital model correlates to the actual watershed and demonstrate similar behaviors.


Presented by:

Patricia Hsia

Date:

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Poster:

78

Room:

Broome Library

Presentation Type:

Poster Presentation

Discipline:

Engineering
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