Numerical Modeling of Water Levels on Pavements under Extreme Rainfall
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 138, Issue 6
Abstract
This study presents an advanced model for calculating water levels on impervious areas. The approach combines information about rain intensity and flow condition to dynamically determine overland roughness values. When water levels on profiled surfaces of less than 500 m are calculated, the full dynamic wave approximation is necessary because the transition of flow differs compared to kinetic wave theory at the beginning of the runoff event. The application of the model to a civil airport demonstrates how the frequency of critical water levels changes when the cutting of grooves into the runways is considered. The local storm water characteristics are defined by heavy convective precipitation during summer. A critical event was presumed when the water level may cause aquaplaning. The results present a reduction of the number of critical events during a period of 10 years by 68%, even without recognizing the additional friction by the grooves. If increasing friction was included, the remaining frequency would be 0.2 times per year.
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Acknowledgments
The investigation was carried out within the cooperating project RegioExAKT: Regional Risk of Convective Extreme Weather Events: User-oriented Concepts for Trend Assessment and Adaptation. The financial support by the federal ministry of education and research (bmbf) is greatly appreciated. The grant signature is LS 05128 within the framework of klimazwei. Furthermore, special thanks are devoted to the staff of the Munich Airport and the German aviation safety agency (Deutsche Flugsicherung, DFS) for the supplement of data and the kind support.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 138 • Issue 6 • June 2012
Pages: 732 - 740
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Oct 6, 2010
Accepted: Nov 4, 2011
Published online: Nov 9, 2011
Published in print: Jun 1, 2012
Published ahead of production: Jun 15, 2012
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