A NONLINEAR HYDROLOGIC MODEL FOR CALCUTTA TOWN SYSTEM

Complex processes, such as, in the hydrological response of a sewered catchment to a precipitation occurrence can never be fully replicated in a computation due to incomplete technical understanding of the processes and the infeasibility of detailing the countless number of pieces involved, resort is made to simulation of response of a conceptually equivalent system. A nonlinear hydrologic system response model for an urban sewered catchment of the city of Calcutta has been studied herein considering a conceptual nonlinear reservoir and unsteady effect of flow. Data from a continous recording type raingauge located at Alipore meteorological observatory, Calcutta, has been taken as input to the system and companion runoff records from the Palmer's Bridge Pumping Station, where the town outfall sewer enters, has been taken as output to the system. A fair agreement between the regenerated values from the model and the observed values has been noticed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the National Symposium on Urban Hydrology and Sediment Control, July 28-31, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Department of Civil Engineering
  176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281
• Authors:
  • Bandyopadhyay, M
  • Bose, B
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the National Symposium on Urban Hydrology and Sediment Control, July 28-31, 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 219-226

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage basins; Hydrologic phenomena; Nonlinear systems; Runoff; Simulation; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrologic data
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00135901
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UKY BU109
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM