a) What are the various methods of estimating the design flood of a c…
Previous year question for Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering.
Question
a) What are the various methods of estimating the design flood of a catchment? (10)
b) A bridge has an expected life of $25\text{ years}$ and is design for a flood magnitude of return period $100\text{ years}$ (a) what is the risk of this hydrological design. (b) If a $10\text{%}$ risk is acceptable, what return period will have to be adopted? (10)
- Year: 2018
- Subject: Hydrology and Irrigation Engineering
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