Empirical flow parameters : a tool for hydraulic model validity

Texas Department of Transportation
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Abstract

The objectives of this project were (1) To determine and present from existing data in Texas, relations between observed stream flow, topographic slope, mean section velocity, and other hydraulic factors, to produce charts such as Figure 1 and to produce empirical distributions of the various flow parameters to provide a methodology to "check if model results are way off!"; (2) To produce a statistical regional tool to estimate mean velocity or other selected parameters for storm flows or other conditional discharges at ungauged locations (most bridge crossings) in Texas to provide a secondary way to compare such values to a conventional hydraulic modeling approach. (3.) To present ancillary values such as Froude number, stream power, Rosgen channel classification, sinuosity, and other selected characteristics (readily determinable from existing data) to provide additional information to engineers concerned with the hydraulic-soil-foundation component of transportation infrastructure.

Publication type Book
Publication Subtype Monograph
Title Empirical flow parameters : a tool for hydraulic model validity
Year Published 2013
Language English
Publisher Texas Tech Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation (TechMRT)
Publisher location Lubbock, Texas
Contributing office(s) Texas Water Science Center
Description 166 p.
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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