CIVE 445 - ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

SPRING 2010 - MIDTERM 2 - SOLUTION

PROBLEM 1

Drainage area = 53 ha

Rainfall intensity = 25 mm/hr

Runoff coefficient = 0.95

Peak discharge Qp = 0.95 × 25 mm/hr × 53 ha

Qp = 0.95 × 25 mm/hr × 0.001 m/mm × (1/3600) hr/s × 53 ha × 10,000 m2/ha

Qp = 3.50 m3/s    ANSWER.

Problem 2

 
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