CIV E 445 - APPLIED HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2014
LAB No. 7


  1. The following 2-h unit hydrograph has been developed for a certain catchment:

    Time
    (h)
    Flow
    (ft3/s)
    00
    2100
    4200
    6150
    8100
    1050
    120

    A 6-h storm covers the entire catchment and is distributed in time as follows:

    Time
    (h)
    Total rainfall
    (in/h)
    0-21.0
    2-41.5
    4-60.5

    Calculate the composite hydrograph for the effective storm pattern, assuming a runoff curve number CN = 80.

  2. Calculate the 25-y peak flow by the TR-55 graphical method for the following watershed data: (1) urban watershed, area A = 9.5 km2; (2) surface flow is shallow concentrated, paved; hydraulic length L = 3,850 m; slope S = 0.01; (3) 42% of watershed is 1/3-ac lots, lawns with 85% grass cover, 34% total impervious, soil group C; (4) 58% of the watershed is 1/3-ac lots, lawns with 95% grass cover, 24% total impervious, 25% of it unconnected, soil group C; (5) Pacific Northwest region, 25-y 24-h rainfall P = 10 cm; 1% ponding.