CIV E 445 - APPLIED HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2003
SOLUTIONS TO HOMEWORK 3 , CHAPTER 2

Problem 3-1

From Table 2-4, for Ta = 20°C, α = 2.19.
For Table A-1 (Appendix A), for Ta = 20°C, the heat of vaporization, Hv = 586 cal/g, and the density, ρ = 0.99821 g/cm3 The net radiation in evaporation units (solving from Eq. 2-24) is:

En = (525 cal/cm2/d)/(0.99821 g/cm3 • 586 cal/g) = 0.898 cm/d.

The saturation vapor pressure at the air temperature (Table A-1) is: eo = 23.37 mb. Using the Dunne formula (Eq. 2-39), the mass-transfer rate of evaporation is:
Ea = [ 0.013 + (0.00016 • 180) ] (23.37) [ (100 - 30)/100 ] = 0.684 cm/d. Using Eq. 2-38: E = [ (2.19 • 0.898) + 0.684 ] / (2.19 + 1) = 0.831 cm/d.  ANSWER.


Problem 3-2

Using Eq. 2-44, the monthly heat indexes are:
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2.863.764.755.826.958.168.787.556.385.284.252.86

The temperature efficiency index, J, is the sum of the monthly heat indexes I: J = 67.39. Using Eq. 2-46: c = 1.556. Using Eq. 2-45 for the month of July: PET(0) = 9.385 cm/mo. Using Table A-4 (Appendix A): PET = 1.23 X 9.385 = 11.54 cm during the month of July.  ANSWER.


Problem 3-3

At x = 0 km, elevation y = 100 m. At x = L = 250,000 m, elevation y = 28.65 m. From Fig. 2-19, the area comprised between elevation 28.65 and the longitudinal profile is:   Ap = YL/2.

Therefore, the S2 slope is: S2 = Y/L = 2Ap/L2.

The total area, At, below the longitudinal profile is obtained by integration:

At = ∫0250,000 y dx = ∫0250,000100e-0.000005xdx = 14,269,904

The area comprised between elevation 0 and elevation 28.65 m is:

Ab = 28.65 X 250,000 = 7,162,500 m2. Therefore, the area Ap is:

Ap = At - Ab = 7,107,404 m2. And: S2 = 2Ap/L2 = 0.000227. ANSWER.


Problem 3-4

(a) Using Eq. 2-73, with C = 30:

qp = 147.8 ft3/s/mi2, and Qp = 96,070 ft3/s. ANSWER.

(b) Using Eq. 2-73, with C = 100:

qp = 492.7 ft3/s/mi2, and Qp = 320,300 ft3/s. ANSWER.