Transient Flow Routing in Channel Networks

Wood, E.F., Harley, B.M., & Perkins, F.G. (1975). Transient Flow Routing in Channel Networks. IIASA Research Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-75-001

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Abstract

The formulation of a mathematical model to predict transient flows in hydraulic networks is presented. The network formulation consists of breaking the network into a series of connected reaches; reducing the finite difference equations for each reach into two "reach" equations; forming an exterior matrix consisting of the reach equations, external boundary conditions, and interior compatibility conditions; solving the external matrix for the end values of discharge and water surface elevation for all reaches and back-substituting for all interior values. Examples presented include the James River, USA, estuary model (twenty-four nodes and twenty-six reaches), the Cork Harbour, Ireland, estuary (thirteen-reach, double-looped network), and the Rio Bayamon basin, Puerto Rico. Results are very satisfactory when compared to known data.

Item Type: Monograph (IIASA Research Report)
Research Programs: Resources and Environment Area (REN)
Depositing User: IIASA Import
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2016 01:41
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 17:07
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/255

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