FLOOD09784

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Engineering and Design Routing of Floods Through River Channels
• Date: 3/1/1960
• Prepared For: US
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

ROUTING OF FLOODS THROUGH RIVER CHANNElS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

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1.c()1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE________________________hn__h_____________________ 1
Hl2 REFERENCES_ _ 0. u__ _ _ _ _ __ 0.__ __ _ __ _ _ _0. __ _ _ _ __ ___~__ __ ___ _ _____ ___ ___ __ _ _ 1
1.c()3 RESCISSION _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _0. ~.~__ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0. _ _ _ _ _ 0. _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.__ __ _ _ _ ~ _ _ __ _ ____ _ - 1
1.c()4 BACKGROUND INFORMATION__m______h"__h_______________________m_ 1
1-05 NOMENCLA TURE~ _ _"__ _ _ _ _ _ ______ __ _ _ __ __ 0. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0.0. _ ___ _ __ ___ _ __ _ 0. ___ 1
1-06 BASIC PRINCIPLES_ __ __ __ m_____ __ __ __ __ m _ _ _ _ ___: _ _ m _mh __ _m___ __ 2

CHAPTER 2

COEFFICIENT METHOD OF ROUTING

2-01 GENERAL_ _ __ __ 0. _ _ ___ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0. _ _ __ ____ __ _ __ _ _ _ __ ____ 0. _ _ _ _ ____ __ ___ __ u 2
2-02 BASIC ASSUMPTIONS__ _ 0. _ _n 0. _ ___ 0. _ _ 0._ _ __ ___ _ _ _ n_ _______ __ __ _ __ _____ _ 3
2-03 ROUTING EQUATIONS_ __mo.____ ________Jm_______m ______ _____________ 3
2-04 BASIC FLOOD-ROUTING PROCEDURE_____________~h____________________. 4
2-05 VARIABLE COEFFICiENTS__ ___ _ _m ___ m _ _ ___ _ __ m_ __ __ _ _ _ _ ______ m _ ___ 4
2-06 TRIBUTARY INFLOW m _ 0._ n __ _. _ _ __ _ _ _0.___ ___ 0. _ __ __ u __ _ _ _ ___ __ __ ___ _ _ 5
2-07 FLOOD ROUTING AT A MAJOR JUNCTION__n_h_n__o._________________ 5
2-D8 DETERMINATION OF c.t_ _ _ _ __ 0. h n _ _ ___ __ _ n 0. _ _ n __ _ _0. __ 0. _ _ _ _ _ _n _ ___ _ 5
2-09 DETERMINATION OF K__ __ ____0._ _hn ____ _ ________u_________h_____ _n_ 5
a. Significance of K_ u __ _ _ _ __ __ _ ___ __ _ _ ____ _ _ __ _ __ _ n __ _ - 0. ____ ____ ___ _ _ _ _ 5
b. Methods of Deriving K___o. _ _ 0. n_ _ _u_ __ ___ __ 0._ __ __ _ - _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ - _ _ 6
c. Variable K_ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ 0. _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -- -- _ - n __ 0. _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ 7
2-10 DETERMINATION OF X__n_______________________________________________ 8
a. Significance of Xu_________hh__h______h____________________________ 8
b. Eveluation of,X_ _ _ __ 0. _ ____ _ _ ___ _ _ n _0. _____ _ ___ __ _____ _ __ _____ __ __ __ __ 9
c. Variable X_ ___ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ __ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ __ ___ - -- _ _ -___ _____ __ _ _ _ _ 10
2-11 SELECTION OF REACH LENGTHS_________________________________________ 11

CHAPTER 3
FWOD ROUTING THROUGH USE OF WORKING VALUE R

3-01 GENERAL_ __ _ ___ __ _ _ __ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ __ 0.'_ ____ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ --- --- - - _ - -- _u________ __ 11

3-D2 THEORY____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - - - - - - -- 11
3-03 DEVELOPMENT OF STORAGE-OUTFLOW CURVES________________________ 12
3-04 BASIC FLOOD-ROUTING PROCEDURE.__________h____m__m______m____ 13
3.c()5 ROUTING PROCEDURE INVOLVING AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE_____ 13
3-D6 ROUTING PROCEDURE AT A MAJOR JUNCTION___.________________n____ 13