Use the Muskingum-Cunge method to route the hydrograph of Example 9.9 for S₁ = 0.0007. Example 9.9 An inflow hydrograph for a river reach has a peak discharge of 4500 cfs (128 m³/s) at a time to peak of 2 hr with a base time of 6 hr. Assume that the inflow hydrograph is triangular in shape with a base flow of 500 cfs (14 m³/s). The river reach has a length of 18,000 ft (5490 m) and a slope of 0.0005 ft/ft. The channel cross section is trape- zoidal with a bottom width of 100 ft (30.5 m) and side slopes of 2:1. The Manning's n for the channel is 0.025. Find the outflow peak discharge and time of occurrence for the river reach using the Muskingum-Cunge method and compare them to the dynamic routing method using the method of characteristics.
Use the Muskingum-Cunge method to route the hydrograph of Example 9.9 for S₁ = 0.0007. Example 9.9 An inflow hydrograph for a river reach has a peak discharge of 4500 cfs (128 m³/s) at a time to peak of 2 hr with a base time of 6 hr. Assume that the inflow hydrograph is triangular in shape with a base flow of 500 cfs (14 m³/s). The river reach has a length of 18,000 ft (5490 m) and a slope of 0.0005 ft/ft. The channel cross section is trape- zoidal with a bottom width of 100 ft (30.5 m) and side slopes of 2:1. The Manning's n for the channel is 0.025. Find the outflow peak discharge and time of occurrence for the river reach using the Muskingum-Cunge method and compare them to the dynamic routing method using the method of characteristics.
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![Use the Muskingum-Cunge method to route the hydrograph of
Example 9.9 for S = 0.0007.
Example 9.9
An inflow hydrograph for a river reach has a peak discharge of 4500 cfs (128 m³/s) at
a time to peak of 2 hr with a base time of 6 hr. Assume that the inflow hydrograph is
triangular in shape with a base flow of 500 cfs (14 m³/s). The river reach has a length
of 18,000 ft (5490 m) and a slope of 0.0005 ft/ft. The channel cross section is trape-
zoidal with a bottom width of 100 ft (30.5 m) and side slopes of 2:1. The Manning's n
for the channel is 0.025. Find the outflow peak discharge and time of occurrence for the
river reach using the Muskingum-Cunge method and compare them to the dynamic
routing method using the method of characteristics.
Solution. First the kinematic wave speed is calculated based on Manning's equation
and a reference discharge of 2500 cfs (70.8 m³/s), which is midway between the base
flow and the peak discharge. For the given conditions, the resulting normal depth is 5.71 ft
(1.74 m) and the velocity, V, is 3.93 ft/s (1.20 m/s). If we consider the channel to be
very wide as a first approximation, then c = (5/3)Vo = 6.55 ft/s (2.00 m/s). The value
of At is tentatively chosen to be 0.5 hr based on discretization of the time to peak, which
is equal to 2 hr. Then Ax can be estimated from the inequality of (9.73):
Ax = 1/ (GAT + B) = 1 (6.55
x=0.5(1
Therefore, two routing reaches, each with a length of 9000 ft (2743 m), can be used.
This gives a Courant number of cAt/Ax = 6.55 x 1800/9000 = 1.31, which is slightly
greater than unity, and the value of X from (9.67) is
BSociAx) = 0,5(1.
If the value of either C, or X seems unsatisfactory, further slight adjustments of At
and Ax are possible, since the criterion given by (9.73) is conservative and guarantees
Co≥ 0.33 rather than Co≥ 0, which is all that really is required to avoid negative outflows.
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
1-
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
6.55 x 0.50 x 3600 +
= 9003 ft (2744 m)
Time, hr Inflow, cfs Co XI₂ C₁ X 1₁ C₂x0₁
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
TABLE 9.7 Muskingum-Cunge routing (C₁ = 0.333; C₁ = 0.540; C₂ = 0.127) of
Example 9.6
500
1500
2500
3500
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
500
500
500
500
833
1166
270
810
1350
1499
1890
1332 2430
1166
2160
999
1890
833 1620
666
1350
500
1080
333
810
167
540
167
270
167
270
167
270
2500
122.8 x 0.0005 X 6.55 x 9000/
64
106
222
348
474
2500
122.8 x 0.0005 × 6.55
538
491
429
366
303
239
176
112
70
64
x = 9000 ft; x = 18000 ft;
0₂, cfs
0₂, cfs
500
833
1748
2738
3736
4236
3864
3380
2882
2382
1882
1382
882
549
506
501
500
611
1110
1997
2976
3806
4058
3727
= 0.155
3258
2763
2264
1764
1264
819
569
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Transcribed Image Text:Use the Muskingum-Cunge method to route the hydrograph of
Example 9.9 for S = 0.0007.
Example 9.9
An inflow hydrograph for a river reach has a peak discharge of 4500 cfs (128 m³/s) at
a time to peak of 2 hr with a base time of 6 hr. Assume that the inflow hydrograph is
triangular in shape with a base flow of 500 cfs (14 m³/s). The river reach has a length
of 18,000 ft (5490 m) and a slope of 0.0005 ft/ft. The channel cross section is trape-
zoidal with a bottom width of 100 ft (30.5 m) and side slopes of 2:1. The Manning's n
for the channel is 0.025. Find the outflow peak discharge and time of occurrence for the
river reach using the Muskingum-Cunge method and compare them to the dynamic
routing method using the method of characteristics.
Solution. First the kinematic wave speed is calculated based on Manning's equation
and a reference discharge of 2500 cfs (70.8 m³/s), which is midway between the base
flow and the peak discharge. For the given conditions, the resulting normal depth is 5.71 ft
(1.74 m) and the velocity, V, is 3.93 ft/s (1.20 m/s). If we consider the channel to be
very wide as a first approximation, then c = (5/3)Vo = 6.55 ft/s (2.00 m/s). The value
of At is tentatively chosen to be 0.5 hr based on discretization of the time to peak, which
is equal to 2 hr. Then Ax can be estimated from the inequality of (9.73):
Ax = 1/ (GAT + B) = 1 (6.55
x=0.5(1
Therefore, two routing reaches, each with a length of 9000 ft (2743 m), can be used.
This gives a Courant number of cAt/Ax = 6.55 x 1800/9000 = 1.31, which is slightly
greater than unity, and the value of X from (9.67) is
BSociAx) = 0,5(1.
If the value of either C, or X seems unsatisfactory, further slight adjustments of At
and Ax are possible, since the criterion given by (9.73) is conservative and guarantees
Co≥ 0.33 rather than Co≥ 0, which is all that really is required to avoid negative outflows.
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
1-
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
6.55 x 0.50 x 3600 +
= 9003 ft (2744 m)
Time, hr Inflow, cfs Co XI₂ C₁ X 1₁ C₂x0₁
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
TABLE 9.7 Muskingum-Cunge routing (C₁ = 0.333; C₁ = 0.540; C₂ = 0.127) of
Example 9.6
500
1500
2500
3500
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
500
500
500
500
833
1166
270
810
1350
1499
1890
1332 2430
1166
2160
999
1890
833 1620
666
1350
500
1080
333
810
167
540
167
270
167
270
167
270
2500
122.8 x 0.0005 X 6.55 x 9000/
64
106
222
348
474
2500
122.8 x 0.0005 × 6.55
538
491
429
366
303
239
176
112
70
64
x = 9000 ft; x = 18000 ft;
0₂, cfs
0₂, cfs
500
833
1748
2738
3736
4236
3864
3380
2882
2382
1882
1382
882
549
506
501
500
611
1110
1997
2976
3806
4058
3727
= 0.155
3258
2763
2264
1764
1264
819
569
512
![in most cases. The values of the routing coefficients are computed from (9.64) through
(9.66) to yield
Co= 0.333; C₁ = 0.540;
C₂ = 0.127
which sum to unity as required. The routing equation is solved step by step in Table 9.7
for the first subreach of 9000 ft (2743 m). Then the outflow becomes the inflow for
the next subreach, for which only the final results are shown in the table without
the intermediate computations. The Muskingum-Cunge results are compared with
dynamic routing results from the method of characteristics (MOC) in Figure 9.12. It
is apparent that the assumption of a constant wave celerity in the Muskingum-Cunge
method fails to capture the nonlinear steepening and flattening on the rising and
falling sides, respectively, of the outflow hydrograph. However, the peak outflow
rates agree very well. The occurrence of the outflow peak is at t = 3.0 hr, but this is
limited by the time step of the approximate routing method. The method of charac-
teristics gives a peak time of 2.8 hr. Note that the criterion of Equation 9.74 for dif-
fusion routing is not met, but reasonable agreement still is obtained between the two
methods in this example.
5000
Q, cfs
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Inflow
●
2
Co= 0.333; C₁ = 0.540; C₂ = 0.127
4
Muskingum-Cunge outflow
Time, hr
6
MOC outflow
8
FIGURE 9.12
Inflow and outflow hydrographs for Muskingum-Cunge and MOC routing.
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Transcribed Image Text:in most cases. The values of the routing coefficients are computed from (9.64) through
(9.66) to yield
Co= 0.333; C₁ = 0.540;
C₂ = 0.127
which sum to unity as required. The routing equation is solved step by step in Table 9.7
for the first subreach of 9000 ft (2743 m). Then the outflow becomes the inflow for
the next subreach, for which only the final results are shown in the table without
the intermediate computations. The Muskingum-Cunge results are compared with
dynamic routing results from the method of characteristics (MOC) in Figure 9.12. It
is apparent that the assumption of a constant wave celerity in the Muskingum-Cunge
method fails to capture the nonlinear steepening and flattening on the rising and
falling sides, respectively, of the outflow hydrograph. However, the peak outflow
rates agree very well. The occurrence of the outflow peak is at t = 3.0 hr, but this is
limited by the time step of the approximate routing method. The method of charac-
teristics gives a peak time of 2.8 hr. Note that the criterion of Equation 9.74 for dif-
fusion routing is not met, but reasonable agreement still is obtained between the two
methods in this example.
5000
Q, cfs
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
Inflow
●
2
Co= 0.333; C₁ = 0.540; C₂ = 0.127
4
Muskingum-Cunge outflow
Time, hr
6
MOC outflow
8
FIGURE 9.12
Inflow and outflow hydrographs for Muskingum-Cunge and MOC routing.
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