Assignment No.

5
Flood frequency studies assuming Gumbels extreme value distribution.
1

2
3
4

Explain the following terms

a Design flood
b Recurrence interval
c Probable maximum flood
d Causes of flood
e Factors affecting flood
Differentiate between standard project flood and probable maximum flood.
Give detailed list of various methods of estimating flood peak from a catchment
Explain Gumbels method for predicting floods with a return period T

For a river, the estimated flood peaks for two return periods by the use of Gumbels method
are given below
Return period (years)
Peak flood (m3/sec.)
100
485
50
445
What flood discharges in this river will have a return period of 100 years.
6

Flood frequency records on a river have been collected for seven years staring from 1951 to
1967 and the peak values of the floods observed during each of these seventeen years are
tabulated as below.
Estimate the magnitude of flood having frequency equal (a) 80 years (b) 400 years by using
Gumbels probability method by analytical as well as graphical method.
Year
Flood peaks in cumecs
1951
3000
1952
4400
1953
6000
1954
3500
1955
2900
1956
4800
1957
3900
1958
3300
1959
6700
1960
5400
1961
4300
1962
3700
1963
4200
1964
9000
1965
4000
1966
3600
1967
5100

Following data for the yearly peak floods have been observed for 70 years from 1920 to
1989. Determine from Gumbels analytical as well as graphical methods the expected peak

flows having frequencies of (a) 50 years (b) 75 years (c) 100 years. Also determine the
estimated frequency of a flood having a peak value of 3 lakh cumecs
Year
Peak discharge in
Year
Peak discharge in
Year
Peak discharge in
5
5
(1)
(cumec 10 ) (2)
(1)
(cumec 10 ) (2)
(1)
(cumec 105) (2)
1920
0.59
1944
0.35
1968
0.98
1921
0.58
1945
0.71
1969
0.72
1922
0.68
1946
0.64
1970
0.68
1923
0.50
1947
1.34
1971
1.33
1924
2.05
1948
0.78
1972
0.88
1925
0.88
1949
0.56
1973
0.85
1926
0.60
1950
0.69
1974
0.79
1927
0.78
1951
0.59
1975
1.04
1928
0.36
1952
0.81
1976
1.47
1929
0.77
1953
0.69
1977
1.06
1930
0.64
1954
0.72
1978
2.19
1931
0.49
1955
1.30
1979
0.77
1932
0.89
1956
1.78
1980
1.18
1933
1.05
1957
0.91
1981
0.95
1934
0.78
1958
0.93
1982
0.65
1935
0.49
1959
0.88
1983
1.17
1936
0.47
1960
0.80
1984
0.43
1937
0.71
1961
1.01
1985
0.95
1938
0.86
1962
1.32
1986
0.79
1939
0.30
1963
1.18
1987
0.28
1940
0.38
1964
1.27
1988
2.33
1941
0.43
1965
0.62
1989
1.62
1942
0.90
1966
1.15
1943
0.86
1967
1.55

Assignment No. 6

Determination of storage capacity of a reservoir using mass curve of inflow and outflow.
1
a)
b)
c)
d)

Explain the terms:

Yield
Safe yield or firm yield
Secondary yield
Average yield
2

What do you understand by mass inflow curve and how is it prepared?

Explain Demand Curve

Explain the method of calculating reservoir capacity for a specific yield, from the mass
inflow curve.

Table gives the details about the average seasonal discharges of a river for 12 years.
Determine the storage capacity required to maintain a flow of 475 cumecs throughout the
year.
16th June - 30th Sept

1st Oct - 31st March

1st April - 15th June

(cumec)

(cumec)

(cumec)

1960-61

1050

300

50

1961-62

3000

250

40

1962-63

3500

370

90

1963-64

2000

150

120

1964-65

1200

350

65

1965-66

1400

400

100

1966-67

3600

200

80

1967-68

3000

150

120

1968-69

700

210

50

1969-70

800

120

80

1970-71

2400

320

120

1971-72

3200

280

80

Year

The yield of water in Mm3 from a catchment area during each successive month is given
in the table below.
1.4, 2.1, 2.8, 8.4, 11.9, 11.9, 7.7, 2.8, 2.52, 2.24, 1.96, 1.68
Determine the minimum capacity of reservoir required to allow volume of water to be
drawn off at a uniform rate assuming that there is no loss of water over the spillway (Both
using mass curve i.e. graphically and analytically)

The average monthly inflow of a reservoir in a dry year is as follows

Month
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
Uniform discharge from the reservoir is 90 m3/sec.

Mean monthly flow (m3/sec.)

25
60
190
220
310
180
70
40
145
45
30
20

Determine:
(a) Live storage capacity of the reservoir
(b) Gross storage capacity taking dead storage volume as 25 Million cumec