Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat-395007

Department of Civil Engineering

1) The drainage area of a watershed is 50 [Link]. The ø-index is 0.5 cm/hour and the base flow at the outlet is 10
m3/s. One hour unit hydrograph (unit depth = 1 cm) of the watershed is triangular in shape with a time base of
15 hours. The peak occurs at 5 hours from the beginning of rainfall. Calculate the (a) what would be the peak
(in m3/s) of the unit hydrograph, and (b) what would be the peak (m3/s) of hydrograph of total rainfall 5.5 cm
duration 01 hour.

2) Using the given 6-h unit hydrograph derive the flood hydrograph due to the storm given below (Table-1).
Table-1
UH:
Time (h) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66
6h-UH Ordinates (m3/s) 0 20 60 150 120 90 66 50 32 20 10 0

Storm:
Time From beginning of the storm (h) 0 6 12 18
Accumulated rainfall (cm) 0 4 5 10
The ϕ index for the storm can be assumed to be 0.167 cm/h. Assume the base flow to be 20 m³/s constant
throughout.

3) The following Table-2 shows the observed annual rainfall and corresponding annual runoff at the Dharoi dam
having catchment area of 5,286 [Link]. Analyse the data to (a) estimate the 50% and 75% dependable annual
yield of the catchment, (b) develop a linear correlation equation to between annual rainfall versus annual runoff,
and (c) what annual runoff can be expected from this catchment for an annual rainfall of 80 cm.
Table-2
Yearly Inflow Annual Yearly Inflow Annual
Year Year
(MCM) Rainfall (mm) (MCM) Rainfall (mm)
1987-88 64.48 245 2002-03 113.39 379.6
1988-89 795.27 731.2 2003-04 432.93 730.8
1989-90 375.72 663.9 2004-05 105.36 557.5
1990-91 1410.18 960.2 2005-06 907.00 789.7
1991-92 647.66 661.5 2006-07 3028.48 1251.9
1992-93 2170.54 929.1 2007-08 1159.43 685.4
1993-94 1160.22 729.1 2008-09 159.49 443.7
1994-95 2429.50 1136.5 2009-10 235.90 558.4
1995-96 332.73 544.4 2010-11 518.02 870.4
1996-97 391.16 651.6 2011-12 1407.27 868.5
1997-98 657.89 708.4 2012-13 643.62 814.4
1998-99 314.06 680.5 2013-14 427.57 846.1
1999-00 74.55 352.2 2014-15 629.96 735.6
2000-01 121.93 409.7 2015-16 2153.95 773.7
2001-02 325.74 603.2 2016-17 1305.39 900.9

4) The 6-hour unit hydrograph of a basin is triangular in shape with a peak of 100 m³/s occurring at 24-h from the
start. The base is 72-h.
a) What is the area of the catchment represented by this unit hydrograph?
b) Calculate the flood hydrograph due to a storm of rainfall excess of 2.0 cm during the first 6 hours and
4.0 cm during the second 6 hours interval. The base flow can be assumed to be 25 m³/s constant
throughout.
5) An isolated 3-h rainfall event on a small catchment produces a hydrograph peak and point of inflection on the
falling limb of the hydrograph at 7 hours and 8.5 hours respectively, after the start of rainfall. Centroid of
hydrograph is at 7.2 h from the beginning of rainfall. Assuming, no losses and no base flow contribution, what
would be the basin lag (in hours) for this catchment?

6) Table-3 shows observed flows from a storm of 6-h duration on a stream with a catchment area of 500 km²
Table-3
Time (h) 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
Observed 0 100 250 200 150 100 70 50 35 25 15 5 0
flow
(m3/s)
Assuming the base flow to be zero, derive the ordinates of the 6-h unit hydrograph.

7) The 3-h unit hydrograph for a basin has the following ordinates (Table-4). Using the S-curve method,
determine the 9-h unit hydrograph ordinates of the basin.
Table-4
Time (h) 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
3
Q (3h-UH) (m /s) 0 12 75 132 180 210 183 156 135 144 96

Time (h) 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60
Q (3h-UH) (m3/s) 87 66 54 42 33 24 18 12 6 6

8) Using the ordinates of a 12-h unit hydrograph given below (Table-5), compute the ordinates of the 6-h unit
hydrograph of the basin.
Table-5
Ordinate of Ordinate of Ordinate of
Time Time Time
12-h UH 12-h UH 12-h UH
(h) (h) (h)
(m³/s) (m³/s) (m³/s)
0 0 54 130 108 17
6 10 60 114 114 12
12 37 66 99 120 8
18 76 72 84 126 6
24 111 78 71 132 3
30 136 84 58 138 2
36 150 90 46 144 0
42 153 96 35
48 146 102 25
[Note that the tail portion of the resulting 6-h UH needs fairing.]