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A carpark in Auckland has the dimensions as shown in the following site plan. It has reinforced
concrete open drains around it to discharge the surface water. The open drain has a slope of
1:300, and they need to be designed for a 1 in 100 years event. The minimum width and depth
of the drain is 150mm and 200mm respectively. Take n=0.013 and time of concentration to be
10 minutes, find the size of Drains ABC, CD, DE,FC, and GD. Assuming there is no freeboard for
the drains.
STREAM
E STREAM
RL = 5.0m
1:300
D IL = 4.62m
1:300 1:300 RL = 5.0m
IL = 4.48m
RL = 5.0m
G
IL = 4.80m
7.5m
Runoff coefficient C = 0.90
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
1:300
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
12.1m
SLOPE
IL = 4.55m
RL = 5.0m
1:300 1:300
RL = 5.0m
C F
RL = 5.0m
SLOPE
IL = 4.62m IL = 4.80m
RL = 5.0m
12.6m
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
1:300
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
SLOPE
7.5m
SLOPE
Runoff coefficient C = 0.90
RL = 5.0m
RL = 5.0m
B A
IL = 4.62m 1:300 1:300 IL = 4.80m
54m
HIRDS V4 Intensity-Duration-Frequency Results
Sitename: AUCKLAND OTARA
Site ID: C64981
Coordinate system: NZGD1949
Longitude: 174.872
Latitude: -36.956
DDF ModelParameters:c d e f g h i
Values: 0.006672 0.39634 -0.02039 0 0.237691 -0.01045 3.163467
Example: Duration (hrs)
ARI (yrs) x y Rainfall Rate (mm/hr)
24 100 3.178054 4.600149 7.454756
Rainfall intensities (mm/hr) :: Historical Data
ARI AEP 10m 20m 30m 1h 2h 6h 12h 24h 48h 72h 96h 120h
1.58 0.633 65.3 44.8 35.6 23.6 15.4 7.51 4.65 2.83 1.68 1.23 0.983 0.823
2 0.5 70.9 48.7 38.7 25.8 16.8 8.22 5.1 3.1 1.85 1.36 1.08 0.908
5 0.2 89.5 61.8 49.3 33 21.7 10.7 6.66 4.07 2.44 1.79 1.44 1.21
10 0.1 103 71.3 57 38.3 25.2 12.5 7.82 4.8 2.89 2.13 1.71 1.43
20 0.05 117 81 64.9 43.7 28.9 14.4 9.03 5.56 3.36 2.48 1.99 1.67
30 0.033 124 86.7 69.5 46.9 31.1 15.5 9.76 6.02 3.64 2.69 2.16 1.82
40 0.025 130 90.7 72.8 49.2 32.6 16.3 10.3 6.36 3.85 2.85 2.29 1.93
50 0.02 134 93.9 75.4 51 33.8 17 10.7 6.62 4.02 2.97 2.39 2.01
60 0.017 138 96.4 77.5 52.5 34.8 17.5 11 6.84 4.15 3.07 2.47 2.08
80 0.012 144 100 80.8 54.8 36.4 18.3 11.6 7.18 4.37 3.23 2.6 2.19
100 0.01 148 104 83.4 56.6 37.7 19 12 7.45 4.54 3.36 2.71 2.28
250 0.004 165 116 93.7 63.9 42.7 21.7 13.8 8.58 5.24 3.9 3.14 2.65