CIV E 445-APPLIED HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2003
FINAL EXAM
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2003, 1300-1500

Name: ______________________ S.S. No. ________________ Grade: _______

Instructions: Closed book, closed notes. Use engineering paper. When you are finished, staple your work in sequence (1 to 4), and return this sheet with your work.
  1. (20%) Route the following inflow hydrograph through a linear reservoir:

    Time (hr)        0   1   2     3   4     5     6   7   8    9    10
    Inflow (m3/s) 0  10  20  30  40  50  40  30  20  10   0

    Assume baseflow is 0 m3/s, K= 3 hr, Delta t= 1 hr.

  2. (20%) Given the following inflow hydrograph to a certain stream channel reach, calculate the outflow by the Muskingum method.

    Time (hr)
        0       3      6      9       12      15    18      21      24     27     30    33     36
    Inflow (m3/s)
      100  120   150  200    250   275   250   210    180    150   120   110   100

    Assume baseflow is 100 m3/s, K= 2.4 hr, X= 0.1, and Delta t= 3 hr.

  3. (20%) Use the Clark method to derive a 1-h unit hydrograph for a catchment with the following time-area diagram:

    Time (hr)        0       1       2        3        4         5        6
    Area (km2)        12     20      42       66       30      16

    Use K= 2 hr, and Delta t= 1 hr.

  4. (40%) Please answer each question in one clear-and-concise paragraph:
    a. What is a proportional or Sutro weir? Where is it used?
    b. In reservoir routing, why is it that when inflow and outflow coincide, outflow is a maximum?
    c. Why is it not possible to have X greater than 0.5 in Muskingum routing?
    d. What is the difference between Muskingum and Muskingum-Cunge methods?
    e. Why does the time-area method overestimate the flood peak?
    f. Is the modified Clark method lumped or distributed?
    g. What two types of storms can cause floods?
    h. What is the importance of worms in hydrology?