Tutorial :04
Surface Runoff
1.The stage discharge data of a river are given below. a) Develop a gauge discharge relationship for this
stream at this section for use in estimating the discharge for a known gauge reading. What is the
coefficient of correlation of the derived relationship? Use a value of a = 5.40m for the gauge reading
corresponding to zero discharge. b) Estimate the discharge corresponding to a gauge reading of 8.4m at
this gauge section.
Gauge reading 5.55 5.6 5.67 5.7 5.8 5.81 6.98 6.38 6.88 7.2 7.3 8.3 9.0 9.60
(m)
Discharge 16 32 60 36 64 98 144 176 270 540 890 1850 1580 1300
(m3/sec)
2. The stage discharge data of a river are given below. a) Develop a stage discharge relationship to predict the
stage for a known discharge. Assume the stage value for zero discharge as 18.00m Determine the stage of river
corresponding to a discharge of 2500m3/sec.
Gauge reading(m) 19.55 19.95 20.30 20.5 20.9 21.25 21.15 21.55 22.05 22.35 22.90 23.05 23.40
Discharge 80 200 275 380 470 480 620 760 990 1200 1280 1530 1740
(m3/sec)
3. The hydraulic parameters at two sections of a small stream at a distance of 10km apart are given
below. Estimate the discharge in the stream
Section Water surface X section Hydraulic radius remarks
elevation
A 54.57 73.29 2.733 A is u/s of B
B 54.30 93.37 3.089 Mannings n=0.023
Given : the eddi loss coefficient for gradual expansion and contraction are o.3 and 0.1 respectively.
4. Compute the stream flow from following data. The calibrated equation of current meter is:
V= 0.035+0.74N where V is in m/sec and N is revolutions/sec
Distance from bank(m) 0 0.6 1.5 2.5 3.5 5 6 7 7.5
Water depth (m) 0 .3 .75 1.2 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 0
No of revolutions 0 15 95 110 120 110 80 20 0
Time (sec) 0 45 85 95 90 100 70 40 0
5.compute the stream discharge with the following data.
Distance from left bank 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Depth (m) - 1.2 2.4 2.2 1.0 0.5 -
Velocity at 0.2d - 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 -
Velocity at 0.8d - 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 -
6.compute the river discharge for a moving boat with the following data
Section 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
VR (m/s) - 1.5 1.8 2 2.2 2.3 2.15 2 1.9 1.7 -
Ɵ(degree) - 54 56 60 65 66 63 60 57 54 -
depth - 1.6 2.1 2.5 3 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.6 1.9 -
Given: Width of all sections= 60m , average velocity= 0.95 x surface velocity
7. Following coordinates are obtained from a stream gauging stations: (4m3/s, 10.65), (8m3/s, 10.85m),
and (16m3/s, 11.25m). Determine the equation of rating curve and compute the discharge in the stream
corresponding to a stage of 11.4m
8.Determine the stage corresponding to zero discharge for the following data of a rating curve
Stage (m) 7.5 8.1 8.6 9 9.7 10.2 10.6
Discharge(m3/s) 80 150 225 300 450 600 900
9. An auxiliary gauge was installed at the d/s of a main gauge station and the following data were
observed .
Main gauge (m) Auxulary gauge(m) Discharge (m3/s)
151 150.5 250
151 149.5 460
What discharge is indicated when the main gauge reading is 151.00m and the auxulary gauge reading is
151.20m?
10. Flow measurement on march 1st on a river stream indicated a flow of 180 lps. The catchment area of
the river is 80km2. The catchment lies in region 3. Estimate the monthly flow by using MIP method.
11. Calculate mean monthly flows for the month of March & august for a 650km2 catchment whose
watershed is below 5000m elevation. The average monsoon rainfall in the catchment is 1300mm. Use
WECS method.
