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2013

Fraga, Ignacio; Cea-Gómez, Luis; Puertas-Agudo, Jerónimo

Experimental study of the water depth and rainfall intensity effects on the bed roughness coefficient used in distributed urban drainage models Journal Article

In: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 505, pp. 266-275, 2013, ISSN: 00221694, (cited By 25).

Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: calibration; discharge; experimental study; hydrological modeling; measurement method; precipitation intensity; rainfall-runoff modeling; roughness; shallow water; urban drainage; water depth, Equations of motion; Runoff; Surface resistance; Surface roughness; Wakes, Flow resistance; Model calibration; Overland flow; Rainfall runoff; Shallow water model; Urban hydrology, Rain

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title = {Experimental study of the water depth and rainfall intensity effects on the bed roughness coefficient used in distributed urban drainage models},

author = {Ignacio Fraga and Luis Cea-Gómez and Jerónimo Puertas-Agudo},

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doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.005},

issn = {00221694},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

urldate = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology},

volume = {505},

pages = {266-275},

abstract = {The work presented in this paper analyses the effect of water depth and rainfall intensity on the surface roughness coefficients used in overland flow models based on the shallow water equations. The relation between the Manning coefficient and the water depth and rainfall intensity has been quantified using different methodologies based on the analysis of two sets of experimental data. In the first set uniform overland flow conditions were generated, and the bed roughness coefficient was computed from direct measurements of the water depth and discharge. In the second set of experiments, unsteady rainfall-runoff transformations with different rainfall intensities were generated in a flume and computed with a shallow water model in which different bed friction formulations were implemented and calibrated. Results show that for very low water depth values there is a significant increase in the surface resistance, which is not captured by any standard bed friction formulation. Rainfall intensity also increases surface resistance especially as the water depth diminishes below a critical threshold. Using a Reynolds dependent formulation for the Manning coefficient improves model predictions. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.},

note = {cited By 25},

keywords = {calibration; discharge; experimental study; hydrological modeling; measurement method; precipitation intensity; rainfall-runoff modeling; roughness; shallow water; urban drainage; water depth, Equations of motion; Runoff; Surface resistance; Surface roughness; Wakes, Flow resistance; Model calibration; Overland flow; Rainfall runoff; Shallow water model; Urban hydrology, Rain},

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