VIVEK DHAKAL: June 2019
Design Flood Estimation | Regional & Empirical Methods in Nepal

Design Flood Estimation | Regional & Empirical Methods in Nepal

Most of the hydrological designs consider extreme flood flows. Like, in the design of hydraulic structures such as dams, weirs, barrages, bridges, etc one needs maximum flood discharge as well as maximum flood levels. Thus, design flood estimation is a major task for the design of hydraulic structures & river training works. The estimation of runoff from a catchment is a very complex problem. Runoff is generally estimated in the following different forms: