CE 110 Long Quiz 2 7:00 9:30 February 10, 2009

1.

The direct runoff hydrograph on a 3.60 sq. km. catchment is given by the following table:
Time (hrs) 3 DRO (m /s/mm) 0.00 0.0 0.25 1.25 0.50 6.25 0.75 1.00 20.825 30.4 1.25 24.95 1.50 19.65 1.75 14.15 2.00 8.7 2.25 3.825 2.50 0.0

a.

(30%) Assuming a constant -index of 70 mm/hr, compute by deconvolution the 15min. unit hydrograph from the direct runoff hydrograph given above and the following storm rainfall amounts: Time intervals (hr.)0.0-0.25 0.25-0.50 0.50-0.75 0.75-1.00 Rainfall increments (mm) 20.0 25.0 40.0 15.0 What is the total direct runoff volume (in cubic meters)?

b.

(10%) Determine the 30-min unit hydrograph of the watershed using the lagging method from the derived 15-min unit hydrograph in (a). (20%) Determine the S-curve hydrograph from the 30-min UH in (b) and the 15-min unit hydrograph from the S-curve .

c.

2.

(20%) A 20-km2 watershed has a time of concentration of 1.0 hr. Compute a triangular 10minute synthetic unit hydrograph for this watershed by the SCS method. Determine the direct runoff hydrograph in m3/s/cm for a 20-minute storm having 1.5 cm of excess rainfall in the first 10 minutes and 1.0 cm in the second 10 minutes.

3.

(20%) The cumulative rainfall is given below for a watershed with CN = 80. Compute the cumulative abstractions and excess rainfall hyetograph for each hour using the SCS method. Plot the excess rainfall hyetograph. Time (hrs) Cumulative Rainfall P (in.) 0 0.0 1 0.25 2 0.55 3 1.53 4 3.0 5 4.25 6 4.84