ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY QUESTIONS BY MANISH SIR

QUESTION: 1

Ordina!s of 2 hour unit hydrograph is given, derive a six hour

unit hydrograph for "e same catchment ?

TIME Ordinates of 2
(hr) hr unit
hydrograph
(m^3/sec)
0 0
2 6
4 14
6 25
8 40
10 30
12 15
14 0

Procedure :
Ques#on :2

Ordina!s of 3 hr unit hydrograph is given ,derive a six hour flood

hydrograph for "e same catchment for a required rainfa% excess
of 5 cm by considering a base flow of 10 m^3/sec.
TIME( Ordinates
of 3 hr unit
hr)
hydrograph
(m^3/sec)

0
0
3 6
6
12
9 24
12
18
15 6
18
0

Procedure:
Ques#on 3.

'e average rainfa% of a 3 hour dura#on s(rm 2.7 cm and "e

ra! of infil*a#on is 0.3cm/hr.'e flood hydrograph has a base
flow of 20 m^3/sec & produces a peak flow of 210 m^3/sec.'e
peak of 3 hour unit hydrograph is ………………………

Solu#on:

Ques#on 4.

A 4 hr unit hydrograph of a catchment is *iangular in shape

wi" base period of 80 hour .'e area of catchment is 720
km^2.'e base flow is 30 m^3/sec & phi-index is 1 mm/hr. A
s(rm of 4 cm occurs uniformly in 4 hours over "e en#re
catchment "en

1.'e peak discharge of 4 hr unit hydrograph is ……………………

2'e peak flood discharge due ( "e s(rm is …………………..

Solu#on :

Ques#on 5: Ordina!s of 2 hr unit hydrograph is given , derive "e

S-curve ?
TIME (hr) Ordinates
of 2 hr unit
hydrograph
(m^3/sec)

0 0
2 4
4 9
6
18
8 40
10 30
12 20
14 0

Ques#on;6 : Derive S-curve +om a 4 hr unit hydrograph +om

which ordina!s are given at 2 hr in!rvals.
TIME (hr) Ordinates of 4
hr unit
hydrograph
(m^3/sec)
0
0
2
4
4 10
6 20
8 30
10 50
12 80
14 60
16 30
18 20
20 10
22 0

Ques#on:7 A 2 hr unit hydrograph is given, derive a 3 hr unit

hydrograph for "e same catchment ?
TIME (hr) Ordinates
of 3 hr unit
hydrograph
(m^3/sec)

0 0
1 8
2 20
3 43
4 80
5 110
6 130
7 150
8 180
9 170
10 140
11 100
12 70
13 40
14 20
15 0
Ques#on 8 : 'e average s(rm rainfa% values over a catchment in
"ree successive "ree hours in!rval are 3 , 5 and 2 cm
Two
respec#vely.'e phi index for "e catchment is 0.2 cm/hr.'e 2 hr
unit hydrograph ordina!s are given in table & base flow can be
taken as 7 m^3/sec . Calcula! "e resultant flood hydrograph ?

TIME Ordinates of
2 hr unit
(hr) hydrograph
(m^3/sec)

0
0
2
10
4
40
6 70
8 50
10 20
12 10
14 6
16 0
Ques#on 9 : 'e fo%owing table gives "e ordina!s of a direct
runoff hydrograph resul#ng +om two successive 3 hour dura#on of
rainfa% excess values of 2cm & 4 cm respec#vely .Derive a 3 hr
unit hydrograph for "e same catchment ?

TIME(hr) Ordinates of
6 hr
DRH(m^3/
sec)

0 0
3 120
6 480
9 660
12 460
15 260
18 160
21 100
24 50
27 20
30 0
Ques#on 10 : 'e catchment area of a drainage basin is
2100km^2.'e leng" of main s*eam equal ( 80 km +om gauging
sta#on ( most remo! point. 'e distance a%owed "e main s*eam
+om "e basin outlet ( a point on a s*eam which is nearest ( "e
cen*oid of "e basin is equal ( 50 km. Calcula! "e wid" of 3 hr
unit hydrograph at 50 % & 75 % peak discharge by using Synders
me"od . Given "at Ct=1.85 & Cp=0.45 for "e basin.

Solu#on;
Ques#on 11 : Data covering for a period of 92 years for "e river
Ganga at A%ahabad yielded a mean & standard devia#on of
floods as 6437 m^3/sec & 2951 m^3/sec respec#vely .Using
Gumbels me"od ,Find "e flood peak discharge wi"in a return
period of 500 years . Also find 95% confidence limits.Given "at for
95 % confidence probabili- f(c)=1.96 & for 92 years sample size
reduced mean =0.5589 & reduced standard devia#on=1.2020

Solu#on:
Ques#on 12 : An inflow hydrograph is given, derive an outflow
hydrograph using Muskingum equa#on and find a0enua#on and
lag . Given "at k=12 hr and x=0.278

TIME (hr) INFLOW (m^3/sec)

0 42
4 68
8 116
12 164
16 194
20 200
24 192
28 170
32 150
36 128
40 106
44 88
48 74