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The document is a quiz solution key for a hydrology class that provides worked examples for three problems: 1) computing a storm hydrograph using hydrograph convolution, 2) deriving a 2-hour unit hydrograph from an S-curve, and 3) routing an inflow hydrograph through a reservoir using the storage-indication method. Detailed step-by-step calculations and equations are shown for each problem.

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Quiz 3 - Soltn PDF

The document is a quiz solution key for a hydrology class that provides worked examples for three problems: 1) computing a storm hydrograph using hydrograph convolution, 2) deriving a 2-hour unit hydrograph from an S-curve, and 3) routing an inflow hydrograph through a reservoir using the storage-indication method. Detailed step-by-step calculations and equations are shown for each problem.

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Name ______SOLUTION KEY_______________

Instructor: Arturo Leon

QUIZ 3
CE 412/512 Hydrology - Spring 2013
Quiz is closed book and closed notes. For all problems, write the equations used,
show your calculations, include units, and box your answers.

1. (30 pts) Given the 1-hr unit (for 1 in. of net rainfall) hydrograph (UH) below, compute the storm
hydrograph for a 3-hr precipitation with a constant net rainfall intensity of 0.5 in/hr.
SOLUTION:
Use hydrograph convolution (add and lag) to solve this. The precipitation is constant at 0.5 in/hr, so
Pn = [0.5, 0.5, 0.5] in. To compute the storm hydrograph for a 3-hr precipitation, the UH must be
multiplied by each precipitation value (Pn) and lagged.

Time
(hr)
0

UH (1 hr)
(cfs)
0

P1*UH
0

P2*UH
0

P3*UH
0

3-Hr Storm Hydrograph


(sum)
0

20

10

10

35

17.5

10

27.5

15

7.5

17.5

10

35

7.5

17.5

25

7.5

7.5

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2. (30 pts) Given the S-curve below (developed from a 1-hr unit hydrograph), find the 2-hr unit
hydrograph.
SOLUTION:
To calculate the 2-hr UH, the S-curve is lagged by 2 hours and then subtracted from the original Scurve. Then this value is multiplied by D/D.
D = 1 hr
D = 2 hr
D/D = 1 hr/ 2 hr = 1/2

Time
(hr)

S-curve
(cfs)

Lagged S-curve
(lag 2 hrs)

Difference
(S-curve - Lagged
S-curve)
0

55

55

27.5

145

145

72.5

260

55

205

102.5

335

145

190

95

365

260

105

52.5

385

335

50

25

385

365

20

10

385

385

2-hr UH
(Diff*1/2)
0

2-Hr UH
120
100
Q (cfs)

80
60
40
20
0
0

Time (hr)

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(40 pts) A reservoir has the following storage-indication curve (S = 1.5*Q, where Q is in cfs and S is
in cfs-hr). Given t = 1 hr., and initial conditions of Q0 = 0 and S0 = 0, route the inflow hydrograph
given below through the reservoir using the storage-indication method. (HINT: fill in the table
below). Show sample calculations for partial credit.
Storage-Indication Equation:

Outflow

Storage

(Q)

(S)

(cfs)

(cfs-hr)

(cfs)

7.5

20

10

15

40

15

22.5

60

20

30

80

25

37.5

100

30

45

120

35

52.5

140

40

60

160

45

67.5

180

50

75

200

2S/t + Q

Storage-Indication Curve
50
40

Q (cfs)

3.

30
20
10
0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

2S/t + Q (cfs)

SOLUTION:
Time
(hr)
0

In+1
(cfs)
0

In + In+1
(cfs)
0

2Sn/t - Qn
(cfs)
0 (initial conditions)

2Sn+1/t + Qn+1
(cfs)
0

Qn+1
(cfs)
0

10

10+0 = 10

0-2*0 = 0

10+0 = 10

2.5 (from S-I Curve)

20

10+20 = 30

10-2*2.5 = 5

30+ 5 = 35

8.75 (from curve)

30

20+30 = 50

35-2*8.75 = 17.5

50+17.5 = 67.5

16.875 (from curve)

20

30+20 = 50

67.5-2*16.875 = 33.75

50+33.75 = 83.75

20.938

10

30

41.875

71.875

17.969

10

35.938

45.938

11.484

22.969

22.969

5.742

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Solution Procedure:
(In + In+1) column is found by adding In+1 with the value before it. For the first row, this is 10+0 = 10.
(2Sn/t - Qn) for the first row is calculated from the initial conditions, Q0 = 0 and S0 = 0.
2 0

0
= 0
1
(2Sn+1/t + Qn+1) column is found by using the Storage-Indication equation (summing the previous
columns). Row 1 example below.
2
2

+
+
!=
+
! = 10 + 0 = 10

(Qn+1) column is found from the Storage-Indication Curve. For row 1, (2Sn/t + Qn) = 10 cfs, therefore
Q (from the curve) = 2.5 cfs.
(2Sn/t - Qn) for the remaining rows is calculated by twice subtracting the flow from the known
value of (2Sn/t + Qn) at the time step n (previous row). Row 1 example below.
2

= 10

2
+

!2

2 2.5

= 5

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