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Floods
Prepared by:
Engr. Marlowe L. Labusnog
Topic Learning Outcomes
By the end of this lecture, the student must be able to:
estimate flood discharge on a catchment using
rational method;
apply the unit hydrograph to estimate peak flood
flows; and
apply statistics for flood frequency analysis.
Floods
A flood is any high flow that overtops either natural or
artificial embankments along a stream.
Estimating the magnitude of flood peak discharge:
1. Rational method
2. Empirical method
3. Unit – hydrograph technique
4. Flood – frequency studies
Rational Method
• Assumptions:
1. The computed peak rate of runoff at the outlet point is
a function of the average rainfall rate during the time
of concentration, that is, the peak discharge does not
result from a more intense storm of shorter duration,
during which only a portion of the watershed is
contributing to runoff at the outlet.
2. The time of concentration employed is the time for the
runoff to become established and flow from the most
remote part of the drainage area to the inflow point of
the sewer being designed.
3. Rainfall intensity is constant throughout the storm
duration.
Rational Method
i = rainfall intensity
A = watershed area
The maximum length of travel of water in the watershed is about 3000m and the elevation
difference between the highest and outlet points of the watershed is 25m. The maximum
intensity duration frequency relationship of the watershed is given by
where i = intensity in cm/h, T = return period in years and D = duration of the rainfall in
hours. Estimate the (i) 25 year peak runoff from the watershed and (ii) the 25 year peak
runoff if the forest cover has decreased to 50ha and the cultivated land has encroached upon
the pasture and forest lands to have a total coverage of 450ha.
Flood Frequency Studies
1. Gumbel (Extreme Value Type I) Method
2. Log – Pearson Type III Distribution
3. Normal Distribution
4. Log – Normal Distribution
5. Gamma Distribution, etc.
Probability in Hydrology
Probability is empirically defined as the number of times a
specific event occurs from the total number of events measures.
Flood Probability – probability analysis seeks to define the flood
1. P = 1/T
2. P = m/(N+1) or T = (N+1)/m
where:
P = the probability that a certain event (flood flow) is equaled or
exceeded in any year
T = return period or recurrence interval
= the average interval in years within which a given event will
be equaled or exceeded
N = period of record
m = the number of times the mth largest flood in the data series
has been equaled or exceeded.
Gumbel’s Distribution
The probability of occurrence of an event equal to or
larger than a value x0 is
where
where
= mean
= standard deviation of the variate X
Gumbel’s Distribution
In practice it is the value of X for a given P that is
required and as such the equation is transposed as
or
Gumbel’s Distribution
The value of the variate X with a return period T is
Note: The equation above is of the same from as the general equation
of hydrologic frequency analysis.
where
where
σn-1 = standard deviation of the sample of size N
K = frequency factor
where:
and
Problem No. 2
Annual maximum recorded floods in the river Bhima at Deorgaon, a
tributary of the river Krishna, for the period 1951 to 1977 is given
below. Verify whether the Gumbel extreme-value distribution fit the
recorded values. Estimate the flood discharge with recurrence
interval of (i) 100 years and (ii) 150 years by graphical extrapolation.
where:
Kz = frequency factor w/c is a function of recurrence interval T and the
coefficient of skew Cs
σz = standard deviation of the Z variate sample
where:
where:
(SF)m = Safety factor (for the parameter M; i.e. flood discharge
magnitude, max. river stage, reservoir capacity & free board)
Cam = Actual value of the parameter M adopted in the design of the
project
Chm = Value of the parameter M obtained from the hydrological
considerations only
Cam – Chm = safety margin
Example
A bridge has an expected life of 25years and is designed for a
flood magnitude of return period 100years. (a) What is the risk
of this hydrologic design? (b) If a 10% risk is acceptable, what
return period will have to be adopted?
Analysis of annual flood series of a river yielded a sample
mean of 1000m3/s and standard deviation of 500m3/s.
Estimate the design flood of a structure on this river to provide
90% assurance that the structure will not fail in the next
50years. Use Gumbel’s method and assume the sample size
to be very large.
References
Bedient, et al. (2013). Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis.
Pearson Education Limited. England.
Chow, et al.(1988). Applied Hydrology. McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Singapore.
Mays, L.W. (2011). Water Resources Engineering. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. USA.
Subramanya, K. (2008). Engineering Hydrology. Tata McGraw-
Hill Publishing Company Limited. India.
HEC-HMS Technical Reference Manual
Thank You!