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Method
• The rainfall intensity i is the average rainfall rate in
mm/hr for a particular drainage basin or sub basin.
• The intensity is selected on the basis of the design rainfall
duration and return period.
• The design duration is equal to the time of concentration
for the drainage area under consideration.
• Runoff is assumed to reach a peak at the time of
concentration tc when the entire watershed is
contributing to flow at the outlet.
Rainfall intensity
• The time of concentration to any point in a storm
drainage system is the sum of the inlet time to (the time
it takes for flow from the remotest point to reach the
sewer inlet), and the flow time tf in the upstream sewers
connected to the outer point.
n
Li
t c = ti + t f tf = å
i =1 Vi
• It is the area of the catchment where surface runoff
from rainfall converges to the system being designed
channel capacity
• The hydraulic capacity of a drainage channel is
dependent on the size, shape, slope and roughness
of the channel section
– Manning equation
1
Q = AR 2 /3 s1/ 2
n
– Chézy formula
Q = CAR s1/ 2 1/ 2