Large-scale physical facility and experimental dataset for the validation of urban drainage models
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Large-scale physical facility and experimental dataset for the validation of urban drainage modelsDate
2024Center/Dept./Entity
Enxeñaría da Auga e do Medio Ambiente (GEAMA)Citation
Sañudo, E., Cea, L., Puertas, J., Naves, J., & Anta, J. (2024). Large‐scale physical facility and experimental dataset for the validation of urban drainage models. Hydrological Processes, 38(1), e15068. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15068
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[Abstract:] Numerical models are currently the main tool used to simulate the effects of urban flooding. The validation of these models requires thorough and accurate observed data in order to test their performance. The current study presents a series of laboratory experiments in a large-scale urban drainage physical facility of approximately 100 m2 that includes roofs, streets, inlets, manholes and sewers. The facility is equipped with a rainfall simulator as well as a surface runoff and pipe inflows generators. The experiments were divided in two sets. In Set 1 the surface runoff was generated exclusively by the rainfall input, while in Set 2 the rainfall simulator was used in combination with the runoff generators. In all the tests the water discharge was measured at points on the inlets, roofs, and outfall. The water depth at different locations of the facility was also measured. The experimental tests were replicated numerically using the urban drainage model Iber-SWMM. Experimental results show that, even in a relatively small catchment the peaks in the hydrographs generated at each element of the facility during intermittent rainfalls are significantly attenuated at the catchment outlet. The agreement between the experimental and numerical results show that there are some differences in the hydrographs generated at each element, but that these differences compensate each other and disappear at the outfall. The results generated provide the research community with a thorough and high-resolution dataset obtained under controlled laboratory conditions in a large-scale urban drainage facility, something which has not previously been available.
Keywords
Experimental dataset
Physical model
Rainfall simulator
Rainfall-runoff experiments
Urban drainage
Urban hydrology
Physical model
Rainfall simulator
Rainfall-runoff experiments
Urban drainage
Urban hydrology
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Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade da Coruña/CISUG
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