An infiltration capacity curve has the following parameters: fc , the equilibrium infiltration capacity is 17 mm/hr
Question:
An infiltration capacity curve has the following parameters:
fc , the equilibrium infiltration capacity is 17 mm/hr
f0 , the initial infiltration is 123 mm/hr
k, the rate constant is 0.4 1/hr
Two rainstorms pass over identical basins of area 80 km 2 with the above characteristics. The first storm has a continuous rainfall of 50 mm/hr for 6 hours.
The second storm has a rainfall of 75mm/hr for 30 minutes, followed by 25 mm/hr for 30 minutes, followed by 75 mm/hr for 30 minutes, followed by 25 mm/hr for 30 minutes and so on
over a total of six hours.
Calculate the volume of infiltrated water (in m 3 ) over the first hour, over the first two hours, over the first three hours, over the first four hours, over the first five hours and the total six
hours. Do so for each of the storms. The calculation for at least one of the storms must be done by hand. For the other you must do it using a code in the language of your choice.
Explain any similarities or differences in the answers for the two storms.