<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents an object-oriented two-dimensional (2-D) overland flow model and its application in simulating flood flows over Ulus basin, located in the north of Turkey adjacent to the Black Sea. A new coding implementation according to the class environment created in object oriented C++ programming language is carried out in structuring and building the solver. The model is based on the Godunov type finite volume scheme on unstructured triangular meshes. A mass balance preserving wet/dry boundary solution algorithm is integrated in the numerical scheme to satisfy the positive-depth condition and minimize the numerical instability when treating the propagation of wave front in regions of dry bed. The balance between bed slope and flux terms is also preserved for still water conditions on irregular topography. The 2-D solver is verified by simulating selected dam break cases, where good agreement with measured data is achieved. For the simulation of flood flows in the Ulus basin, in general, the simulated outflow hydrograph is found to compare well with the recorded data. A selected inundation map that is extracted from the model results is also presented to show the water surface level in the Floodplain.</p></abstract>

This paper presents an object-oriented two-dimensional (2-D) overland flow model and its application in simulating flood flows over Ulus basin, located in the north of Turkey adjacent to the Black Sea. A new coding implementation according to the class environment created in object oriented C++ programming language is carried out in structuring and building the solver. The model is based on the Godunov type finite volume scheme on unstructured triangular meshes. A mass balance preserving wet/dry boundary solution algorithm is integrated in the numerical scheme to satisfy the positive-depth condition and minimize the numerical instability when treating the propagation of wave front in regions of dry bed. The balance between bed slope and flux terms is also preserved for still water conditions on irregular topography. The 2-D solver is verified by simulating selected dam break cases, where good agreement with measured data is achieved. For the simulation of flood flows in the Ulus basin, in general, the simulated outflow hydrograph is found to compare well with the recorded data. A selected inundation map that is extracted from the model results is also presented to show the water surface level in the Floodplain.

An object-oriented overland flow solver for watershed flood inundation predictions: case study of Ulus basin, Turkey

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-4003, USA/Emek 4, Cad. No:158/4, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-4003, USA

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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This paper presents an object-oriented two-dimensional (2-D) overland flow model and its application in simulating flood flows over Ulus basin, located in the...

An object-oriented overland flow solver for watershed flood inundation predictions: case study of Ulus basin, Turkey

Pubblicato online: 15 ago 2014

Pagine: 209 - 217

Ricevuto: 14 feb 2014

Accettato: 26 giu 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2014-0029

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