Influence of Moving Rainstorms on Overland Flow of an Open Book Type Using Kinematic Wave
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 16, Issue 11
Abstract
The influence of moving rainstorms on overland flow is studied by a semianalytical solution and experiments. The effect of the velocity of the moving rainstorms on water depth changes is approximately presented by the kinematic wave method. The effect is also compared with the experimental result and the numerical computation and found to be satisfactory. The semianalytical and experimental results indicate that the changes of peak discharge are dependent on the velocity and direction of the moving rainstorms. The difference of the water depths between the downstream and upstream moving rainstorms with the velocity at the downstream end is proportional to the velocity of the moving rainstorm when the velocity is small. The semianalytical solution indicates that the maximum water depth appears when the velocity of moving rainstorms is equal to that of the flood movement. The effect of the velocity of the moving rainstorm is larger in the watershed of milder bottom slope or larger Manning’s roughness coefficient.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 16 • Issue 11 • November 2011
Pages: 926 - 934
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 25, 2010
Accepted: Mar 18, 2011
Published online: Mar 21, 2011
Published in print: Nov 1, 2011
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