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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
Published on: August 8, 2014
An integrated inundation model for highly developed urban areas
1National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taipei, Chinese Taiwan 106. albertchen@ncdr.nat.gov.tw
Abstract:
A numerical model is developed in this study with various components for simulating the complex flow phenomena in urban drainage basins. The model integrates the HEC-1 model, a 1-D dynamic channel-flow model, a 2-D non-inertia overland-flow model and the SWMM model to reflect the hydraulic processes in areas with different characteristics. The inundation of underground infrastructure during flood is also considered in the model. The typhoon Nari event in 2001, which resulted in severe flood in downtown Taipei, is simulated by the model. The result is compared with the survey records of flooded areas, which reveals the storage effect of underground infrastrucures is significant to the simulation results of highly developed urban areas.
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