Solution: Excess Rain, in
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teshExample 9.
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Using the derived 2-hr unit hydro graph in Table 9.3, determine the direct runoff
hydrograph for a 4-hr storm having the following excess rain amounts:
Hour 1 2 3 4
Excess rain, in. 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.2
Solution
1. Tabulate the unit hydro graph at intervals of the selected time interval, /:"t,as
shown in Table 9.4.
2. Determine the correct DR multiplier for each X-hr interval. Because X is
2 hours for this example, the first two hours of the storm produce a total net
rain of 1.4 inches. Similarly, the last two hours of the storm produce
2.4 inches of net rain.
TABLE9.4 Unit Hydrograph Application of Example 9.3
Contrib. of Contrib. of Total
first second outflow
Time Effective rainfall Unit hydrograph 2-hr rain, 2-hr rain, hydro graph
(hr) (in.) (ds) UH X 1.4 UH X 2.4 (ds)
0 0 0 - 0
1 0.7 8.5 11.9 11.9
2 0.7 84.8 119 0 119
3 1.2 331 463 20.4 483
4 1.2 379 531 203 734
5 229 321 794 1,115
6 129 181 910 1,091
7 65 91 550 641
8 35.3 49.4 310 359
9 4.9 6.9 156 163
10 0 0 84.7 84.7
11 11.8 11.8
12 - 0 0
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FIGURE 9.12
00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Synthesized hydrograph for Example 9.3
derived by the unit hydrograph method. Hours
3. Determine the correct start and end times for each of the two hydrographs
and tabulate the contribution of the l.4-inch and 2.S-inchrains at the appro-
priate lag times. Because the second X-hr storm started at t = 2 hours, runoff
for this storm cannot begin until t = 2 hours as shown in Table 9.4.
4. Add the contributions at each time to determine the total runoff hydro-
graphs for the 4-hr storm.
5. Check the tabular solution by plotting each of the two hydrographs and sum
the ordinates at each t, as shown in Fig. 9.12.
