SOLUTION TUTORIAL 9

O. Seidou1
1 Departmentof Civil Engineering
University of Ottawa
oseidou@uottawa.ca

Fall 2012

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PROBLEM 1

A portion of a river is modeled with two reaches, A and B.

Reach A extends from section1 to section 2 and has a
length of 15,000 ft, n = 0.07, S = 1 %, and Rh = 4 ft.
Reach 2 extends from section 2 to section 3 and has a
length of 17,000 ft, n = 0.05, S = 0.5% and Rh = 5 ft.
The hydrograph at Section 1 is (200, 300, 700, 600, 500,
400, 350, 300, 250, 225, 210, 205, 200), with a time
increment, t of 10 min.
Assume the initial discharge at downstream sections is
200. Using the Convex Routing Method, (a) route the
hydrograph from section 1 to section 2 and then from
section 2 to section 3.

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SOLUTION

Reach A: L = 15,000 ft; n = 0.07; S = 1%; Rh = 4 ft

Reach B: L=17,000 ft; n = 0.05; S = 0.5%; Rh =5ft
2/3
VA = 1.49
0.07 (4) (0.01)0.5 = 5.36fps
VA
CA = 1.7+V A
= 0.759
L 15000
KA = VA = 5.36 = 2798s
t = KA CA = 2124s
600s
CA10 min = 1 (1 CA ) 2124 = 0.331

2/3
VB = 1.49
0.05 (5) (0.005)0.5 = 6.16fps
VB
CB = 1.7+V B
= 0.783
L 17000
KB = VB = 6.16 = 2759s
t = KB CB = 2162s
600s
CB10 min = 1 (1 CB ) 2162 = 0.346

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 V L C K dt Corrected C
5.36 15000 0.759207 2798.507 2124.646 0.331076694
6.16 17000 0.783715 2759.74 2162.85 0.346074168

Therefore

OutflowA (t + 10 min) = 0.33InflowA (t) + (1 0.33)OutflowA (t)

InflowB (t) = OutflowA (t)
OutflowB (t + 10 min) = 0.34InflowB (t) + (1 0.34)OutflowB (t)

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Time (min) Inflow (cfs) Outflow reach A (cfs) Outflow reach B
0.00 200.00 200.00 200.00
10.00 300.00 200.00 200.00
20.00 700.00 233.00 200.00
30.00 600.00 387.11 211.22
40.00 500.00 457.36 271.02
50.00 400.00 471.43 334.38
60.00 350.00 447.86 380.98
70.00 300.00 415.57 403.72
80.00 250.00 377.43 407.75
90.00 225.00 335.38 397.44
100.00 210.00 298.95 376.34
110.00 205.00 269.60 350.03
120.00 200.00 248.28 322.68

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PROBLEM 2

Assuming a routing time increment, t, of 15 min, determine

the routing coefficient xand K for the Muskingum Method and
the flowing hydrograph

I (ft3 /sec) 0 210 530 840 920 870 610 380 190 80 20
0 (ft3 /sec) 0 10 90 230 480 620 710 690 540 440 190

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SOLUTION

Basis of the Muskingum method :S = k (xI + (1 x)O)

We need to find x and k for which the above relation is realistic

xI + (1 x)O
I 0 (ft3 /sec) I
Q S x=0.1 x=0.2 x=0.3 x=0.4 x=0.5
(ft3 /sec)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 10 105 5 90000 30 50 70 90 110
530 90 370 50 378000 134 178 222 266 310
840 230 685 160 850500 291 352 413 474 535
920 480 880 355 1323000 524 568 612 656 700
870 620 895 550 1633500 645 670 695 720 745
610 710 740 665 1701000 700 690 680 670 660
380 690 495 700 1516500 659 628 597 566 535
190 540 285 615 1219500 505 470 435 400 365
80 440 135 490 900000 404 368 332 296 260
20 190 50 315 661500 173 156 139 122 105

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 x=0.2;

mean(S)
k 2487s
mean(weighted discharge)
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PROBLEM 3

A surface-storage facility has a rectangular bottom (L =175 ft,

W =75 ft), with vertical ends (i.e., the length remains constant)
and the sides with slopes of 5:1(h:v). The facility is used to
control runoff from a residential area. Determine the
stage-storage-discharge relationship assuming that outflow
from the basin is controlled by a weir with a 6-ft length and C =
3.1. The weir invert is the same as the elevation of the bottom
of the storage basin.
Assuming that the initial storage and discharge are zero, route
the following hydrograph through the structure using the
storage-indication method.
t (min) 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165
q(ft3/sec) 0 30 75 120 175 160 125 85 55 35 20 10

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SOLUTION

A(h) = 125 (75 + 10h) = 13125 + 1250h

Rh 1250 2
S(h) = (13125 + 1250x) dx = 13125h + 2 h
0
2  2/
Q = CLh /3 h = CL
Q 3

thus;
 2/  4/
S(Q) = 13125 Q 3+ 1250 Q 3
CL 2 CL
thus :
Storage indicator

(Q) = SI(Q) = 2S(Q) t + Q

2/ 4/
13125( Q ) 3 + 1250 ( Q ) 3
CL 2 CL

SI(Q) = 2 t +Q
t = 15 min = 900s
C = 3.1
L = 6ft
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t (min) Inflow (ft3/s) Ii +Ii+1 2S/t -Q 2S(i+1) /t +Q(i+1) Q(i+1) flow Q(i)
(obtained
from graph)
0 0 30 0 30 9.7152
15 30 105 10.5696 115.5696 51.72251 9.7152
30 75 195 12.12458 207.1245845 99.91145 51.72251
45 120 295 7.301681 302.3016809 153.5614 99.91145
60 175 335 -4.82107 330.1789259 169.9615 153.5614
75 160 285 -9.74398 275.2560207 137.9476 169.9615
90 125 210 -0.63919 209.3608092 101.1304 137.9476
105 85 140 7.099986 147.0999865 67.93965 101.1304
120 55 90 11.22068 101.2206766 44.47403 67.93965
135 35 55 12.27261 67.27260954 27.65281 44.47403
150 20 30 11.96699 41.96698577 15.4138 27.65281
165 10 10 11.13939 21.13938656 5.532743 15.4138
180 0 0 10.0739 10.07389967 0.353624 5.532743
195 0 0 9.366653 9.366652553 0.024267 0.353624
210 0 0 9.318119 9.318118583 0.001673 0.024267
225 0 0 9.314773 9.314773326 0.000115 0.001673
240 0 0 9.314543 9.314542681 7.95E-06 0.000115
255 0 0 9.314527 9.314526779 5.48E-07 7.95E-06
270 0 0 9.314526 9.314525682 3.78E-08 5.48E-07
285 0 0 9.314526 9.314525607 2.61E-09 3.78E-08
300 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 1.8E-10 2.61E-09
315 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 1.24E-11 1.8E-10
330 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 8.54E-13 1.24E-11
345 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 5.86E-14 8.54E-13
360 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 0 5.86E-14
375 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 0 0
390 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 0 0
405 0 0 9.314526 9.314525601 0 0

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