BFC 32002 Hydrology

Chapter 6. Flood Routing

Prepared by:
Siti Nazahiyah Rahmat
RESERVOIR ROUTING
(THE PULS METHOD)

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Example 6.5

Route the inflow hydrograph through a reservoir as indicated in Table 1. The

crest height of the spillway is 50 ft and storage capacity at this level is 116
ft3/s-day. The reservoir routing curves graph is given in Figure 6.5. Perform
calculation until the outflow value is equal to zero. Based on the obtained
result, plot the inflow and outflow hydrographs.
Inflow hydrograph:

Time (days) 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

Flow (cfs) 0 70 185 360 480 300 165 80 0

 E le v a t io n
54.0

E le v a tio n ( ft )
53.5

53.0

52.5

52.0

51.5

51.0

50.5
5 4.0
50.0
5 3.5 400 500 60 0 700 800 900 10 00 110 0 1 200 1 300 14 00 15 00 1600 1 700 1 800
2S /D t + Q ( cfs )

5 3.0

5 2.5

5 2.0

5 1.5

5 1.0

5 0.5

5 0.0
400 500 6 00 700 800 9 00 10 00 1 100 1200 130 0 1400 1500 1 600 1 700 180 0

54.0
2S /D t + Q ( cfs)

54.0
54.0

53.5 53.5
53.5 ) vs H
+Q
/ Dt
53.0
53.0 (2 S
53.0
sH
52.5
Sv
52.5
52.5

(ft)
Elevation (ft)
Elevation (ft)

Elevation
52.0
52.0
52.0
51.5
51.5
51.5

51.5
51.0
51.0
51.0 H
vs
Q
51.0 50.5
50.5
50.5

50.5 50.0
50.0
50.0
110
0
400 120 130 150
50 100
500 600 140 200
700 150 250
800 160 1000
900 170 1100
300 180 1200
350 190 1300
400 200 1400
450 210 1500
500 220 1600
550 230 1700
600 240 1800
650 250
700
Storage (cfs-days)
Storage (cfs-days)
50.0
110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250
Storage (cfs-days)
E le v a tio n ( ft )

54.0

53.5

53.0

52.5

52.0

51.5

51.0

50.5

50.0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
O utf low (cf s)
 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

Time Inflow, I  Outflow, O Storage, S Water

I1 + I2 2S1/Dt – O1 2S2/Dt + O2 Elevation
 (days) (ft3/s) (ft3/s) (ft3/s-day)  (ft3/s)  (ft3/s) (ft)

Before
flood
arrives: 0.0 (*1)
0.0   0.0 (*2)
116 (*3) 465.6 465.6 50.0
Inflow
hydrograph:

0.0 0 70 0 116 465.6 536 50.45

0.5 70 255 35 125 465 718 51.20
1.0 185 545 140 146 444 989 51.95
1.5 360 840 285 176 419 1259 52.60
2.0 480 780 400 201 404 1184 52.40
2.5 300 465 380 197 408 873 51.60
3.0 165 245 215 163 437 682 51.05
3.5 80 80 115 142 453 533 50.45
4.0 0 0 30 124 466 466 50.00
4.5 0 0 0 116 466 466 50.00

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 E le v a t io n (
54 .0

E le v a t io n ( f t)
53 .5

53 .0

52 .5

52 .0

51 .5

51 .0

50 .5
54.0
50 .0
53.5 4 00 5 00 600 700 8 00 9 00 1000 1100 1 200 1 300 14 00 1500 16 00 1 700 180 0
2S /Dt + Q ( cfs)

53.0

52.5

52.0

51.5

51.0

54.0 465.6
50.5

50.0
4 00 500 60 0 70 0 800 900 1000 110 0 1 200 1300 140 0 15 00 160 0 17 00 1 800
2S /Dt + Q (c fs)

54.0
54.0

53.5 53.5
53.5 ) vs H
+Q
2 S /Dt
53.0
53.0 (
53.0
sH
52.5
Sv
52.5
52.5
(ft)
Elevation (ft)
Elevation (ft)

Elevation

52.0
52.0
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
52.0
51.5
Water
51.5
51.5 Time Inflow, I  I1 + I 2 Outflow, O Storage, S 2S1/Dt – O1 2S2/Dt + O2 Elevation
 (days) (ft3/s) (ft3/s) (ft3/s-day)  (ft3/s)  (ft3/s) (ft)
51.5
51.0
51.0
51.0 H
vs Before
Q flood
51.0 50.5
50.5
50.5 arrives: 0.0 (*1)
0.0   0.0 (*2)
116 (*3) 465.6 465.6 50.0
Inflow
50.5 50.0
50.0
50.0 hydrograph:
110
400
0 120
500 130 150
50 100
600 140 200
700 150 250
800 160 1000
900 170 1100
300 180 1200
350 190 1300
400 200 1400
210 1500
220 1600
230 1700
240 1800
250
0.0450 500 550
0 600 650
70700 0 116 465.6 536 50.45
Storage (cfs-days)
Storage (cfs-days)
0.5 70 255 35 125 465 718 51.20
H = 50.00 50.0
110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250
S= 116 Storage (cfs-days)
E le v a t io n ( f t )

54. 0

53. 5

53. 0

52. 5

52. 0

Q= 0 51. 5

51. 0

50. 5

50. 0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
O utflow (c fs )
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