HEC-RAS Hydraulic Modeling and Spillway Overtopping Event

Gregory H. Nail, PhD, PE Associate Professor Engineering Department The University of Tennessee at Martin Summer 2011 Appointment Physical Hydrologist Atmospheric Technologies Group Savannah River National Laboratory

SRNL - ATG 14 July 2011

Presentation Overview
I. The University of Tennessee at Martin

II. 1-D Hydraulic Modeling of the St. Francis River

A. B. Wappapello Dam Ogee Spillway May 2011 Spillway Overtopping Event

III. Closure

The University of Tennessee at Martin

UT Martin Location Map

Martin

Knoxville

Brief History
Hall-Moody Institute (1900) UT Junior College (1927) UT Martin Branch (1951) UT Martin (1967)

The University of Tennessee at Martin Five Colleges

Agriculture and Applied Sciences Business and Public Affairs Education and Behavioral Sciences Engineering and Natural Sciences Humanities and Fine Arts

UT Martin 2011
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80 Baccalaureate Programs

Selected Masters Programs

Fall 2010 Enrollment 8,469

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The University of Tennessee at Martin

The University of Tennessee at Martin

The University of Tennessee at Martin

UT Martin Engineering Department

UT Martin Engineering Department

Engineering Classes Offered since 1930 Department Established in 1946 Four-Year BSET Established in 1969 Two-Year Transfer Program until 1996 Four-Year BSE Established in 1996 No Graduate Degree Program

UT Martin Engineering BSE Degree Program

Four-Year BSE
One Degree with Four Concentrations

Civil Industrial Electrical Mechanical

UT Martin Engineering BSE Degree Program

Summary Requirements 128 Hours 51 Hours - General Education 50 Hours - Core Courses 27 Hours - Concentration Industrial Internship Senior Capstone Design Project FE Exam (Must Pass to Receive Degree)

UT Martin Engineering Fall 2010

Total Enrollment 282 56 Civil 32 Electrical 6 Industrial 38 Mechanical 152 Undeclared
Graduates Per Year: 25-35 Total Number of Graduates: 200+

1-D Hydraulic Modeling of the St. Francis River Challenge Partnership Agreement

Gregory H. Nail, PhD, PE Associate Professor

Engineering Department The University of Tennessee at Martin

Raymond J. Kopsky, Jr., PE, PH Civil Engineer St. Louis District US Army Corps of Engineers

Purpose of Modeling the Ogee Spillway and Channel Estimate Lake Stage at which Management Office Floods Produce Local Inundation Mapping Develop Capability to Run Scenarios

Project Location
Wappapello Lake and St. Francis River Location Map

Wappapello Lake

St. Francis River

Aerial Photograph of Wappapello Dam

HEC-RAS
Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System

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Capabilities a. One Dimensional b. Open Channel Flow in Natural Channels c. Sub-Critical or Super-Critical d. Steady or Unsteady e. Structures or Levees f. Inflows or Withdrawals Origin and Algorithms a. HEC-2 Steady Flow and UNET Unsteady Flow b. Standard Step or Implicit Finite Difference Widely Accepted and Low Cost (Free)

HEC-GeoRAS
o ArcGIS add-on
Runs from within ArcMAP module of ArcGIS Appears as a Toolbox in ArcMAP

Capabilities
Processing of Geospatial Data for HEC-RAS Modeling Requires Digital Terrain Model (DTM) Inundation Mapping and Animation Data Exchange with HEC-RAS

Vicinity of Ogee Spillway and Wappapello Dam ArcMAP Display showing 1:24k USGS Topographic Map

Vicinity of Ogee Spillway and Wappapello Dam ArcMAP Display showing HEC-GeoRAS Feature Classes

Ogee Spillway and Channel Completed 1-D Hydraulic Model open in HEC-RAS

Ogee Spillway and Channel Hydraulic Modeling Results

Summary

Verification Run

April 1945 Event

Hypothetical Flood Event (405 ft Lake Stage)

Ogee Spillway and Channel

Upstream Boundary Conditions for April 1945 Event
400 399
398

Wappapello Lake Stage Hydrograph 24 March - 30 April, 1945

(ft above NAVD 1988)

397 396
395

Ogee Spillway Crest Elevation 394.64 ft NAVD 1988

Stage (ft)

394 393
392

391 390

Measured Lake Stages (24 hr intervals)

389

Estimated Stages for Hydraulic Modeling (6 hr intervals)

388

10-Apr

15-Apr

20-Apr

25-Apr

26-Mar

31-Mar

Date

30-Apr

5-Apr

Unsteady Flow 1945 Event Inundation from Maximum Water Surface Elevation

Ogee Spillway and Channel

Upstream Boundary Conditions for Hypothetical Flood Event
River: SpillwayChannel Reach: SpillwayChannel RS: 2167.131

406 404 402

Legend Stage

Stage (ft)

Ogee Spillway Crest Elevation 394.64 ft NAVD 1988

400 398 396 394 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Apr45 Date 22 23

Unsteady Flow Hypothetical Flood Event Inundation from Maximum Water Surface Elevation

Unsteady Flow 1945 and Hypothetical Flood Event Inundation from Maximum Water Surface Elevation

Ogee Spillway and Channel Unsteady Flow Scenarios

AVI Animations Water Surface Profile 3-D View

Poster Presentation 14 April 2011

21st Annual Tennessee Water Resources Symposium April 13-15, 2011 Montgomery Bell State Park

May 2011 Storm Event

Ogee Spillway and Channel

Typical Lake Stage

May 2011 Storm Event

Ogee Spillway and Channel

Typical Lake Stage

May 2011 Storm Event Video Recorded on Location 4 May 2011

Wappapello Lake Crested 400.04 ft NAVD 1988 3 May 2011 12:00 Noon

Ogee Spillway and Channel

HEC-RAS Hydraulic Modeling and Spillway Overtopping Event

Closure
Successful Model Development and Verification Inundation Mapping and Scenario Capability Developed Realistic Modeling Results Ogee Spillway submergence potential due to Highway T High Velocities in Channel (10.6 ft/sec and 18.2 ft/sec) Floodwaters Approach Office from Rear 405 ft Lake Stage Required for Flooding to Reach Office Preliminary Analysis from May 2011 Storm Event High Velocities Extremely Destructive Highway T Eroded Floodwaters Approach Office from Rear Lake Stage of 400.04 ft Office not Flooded Geo-Referenced Aerial Imagery Forthcoming

HEC-RAS Hydraulic Modeling and Spillway Overtopping Event

Acknowledgements
Cynthia Jackson (Operations Manager) Gary Stilts (retired Operations Manager) (USACE Wappapello Lake Management Office) Hydrologic Engineering Section Ray Kopsky, Jr., PE, PH St. Louis District, USACE Engineering Department The University of Tennessee at Martin

HEC-RAS Hydraulic Modeling and Spillway Overtopping Event

Questions and Comments
Gregory H. Nail, PhD, PE Associate Professor Engineering Department UT Martin Summer 2011 Appointment Physical Hydrologist Atmospheric Technologies Group Savannah River National Laboratory

SRNL - ATG 14 July 2011