The role of hyetograph shape and designer subjectivity in the design of an urban drainage system
Even though it has been established that a hyetograph's shape affects the results of hydrological simulations, common engineering practice does not always account for this fact. Instead, a single design storm is often considered sufficient for designing a urban drainage system. This study exami...
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Published in | Water science and technology Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 920 - 934 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
IWA Publishing
01.08.2024
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Summary: | Even though it has been established that a hyetograph's shape affects the results of hydrological simulations, common engineering practice does not always account for this fact. Instead, a single design storm is often considered sufficient for designing a urban drainage system. This study examines the impact that this design paradigm, combined with the uncertainty introduced by subjective choices made during the design process, has on the robustness of a designed system. To do so, we evaluated a set of individual designs created by engineering students using the same Chicago hyetograph as a design storm. We then created ensembles of hyetographs with the same precipitation volume and duration as the Chicago hyetograph and evaluated the designs' hydrological responses. The results showed that designs, which performed equally well for the initial design storm, triggered varying responses for the storms in the ensembles and, consequently, showed different levels of robustness, hinting at a need to adapt the current design approach. |
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ISSN: | 0273-1223 1996-9732 1996-9732 |
DOI: | 10.2166/wst.2024.261 |