CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND GEOMATICS

HMG581S HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING TUTORIAL 2

Question 1

A reservoir has the following storage and spillway discharge characteristics:

Water level (H) Spillway discharge (Q) Storage (S) above spillway
(m) (m3/s) (106 m3)
297.00 0 0
297.25 140 0.445
297.50 520 0.895
297.75 810 1.345
298.00 1070 1.800

Assuming the water level is initially at 297.00, determine for the following inflow hydrograph the
peak spillway discharge and when it occurs. [40 marks]

Time Inflow
(h) (m3/s)
0 0
0.5 20
1 50
1.5 275
2 570
2.5 840
3 1000
3.5 880
4 680
4.5 500
5 350

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Question 2

a) The table below gives average daily discharges measured simultaneously at two sites some
distance apart on the same river. Determine the Muskingum K (in hours) and X. (Note, K and
t must be in same units) [30 marks]

Time Upstream Site Downstream Site Time Upstream Site Downstream Site
(h) (m3/s) (m3/s) (h) (m3/s) (m3/s)
1 0 0 26 951 968
2 60 0 27 925 965
3 120 13 28 890 956
4 180 42 29 852 938
5 240 81 30 810 919
6 300 127 31 767 884
7 364 178 32 717 851
8 446 231 33 668 812
9 530 293 34 618 769
10 613 363 35 566 725
11 696 437 36 514 677
12 776 514 37 462 629
13 855 593 38 410 579
14 932 672 39 359 528
15 948 757 40 309 478
16 932 822 41 261 427
17 914 861 42 248 373
18 911 879 43 238 332
19 921 888 44 229 302
20 941 897 45 222 278
21 958 910 46 216 260
22 975 924 47 210 246
23 982 940 48 205 235
24 980 954 49 199 225
25 969 964 50 194 217

b) Using this information and Muskingum routing method, determine the average daily outflow
discharge (Q) hydrograph at the downstream site corresponding to the following inflow
sequence measured at the upstream site. Assume the initial outflow discharge (Q) is 100
m3/s. [30 marks]

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 Time Inflow Discharge Time Inflow Discharge
(day) (m3/s) (day) (m3/s)
1 121 14 982
2 217 15 1279
3 316 16 1392
4 474 17 1169
5 611 18 958
6 593 19 581
7 752 20 417
8 1303 21 324
9 1698 22 263
10 1635 23 222
11 1359 24 176
12 976 25 172
13 613

Question 3

Discuss the following:

a) What is flow routing? [0 mark]

b) Why route flows? [0 mark]
c) Differentiate hydrologic routing from hydraulic routing [0 mark]
d) Differentiate river routing from reservoir routing [0 mark]

You may exclude question 3 in your submission.

Due date: 08 August 2024

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