The Modified Puls Method is a hydraulic routing technique used to simulate how water flows through reservoirs or storage structures (like detention basins, lakes, or ponds).
It is reservoir routing method.
Modified puls method equation:
Reservoir element:
Reservoir has one or more inflow but only
one computed outflow. In case of more inflows, all inflows are added together
and then outflow is calculated.
After routing, peak is attenuated and there is lag as well.
Ever wondered what is Bitumen?
What is Asphalt? What is difference between these two? What is MC 30 Bitumen?
What is cutback bitumen? We will learn all these in this blog. You can watch YouTube video tutorial here.
Bitumen and Asphalt
üAsphalt = Aggregate + Bitumen{In India}
üAsphalt = Bitumen{In America}
So, meaning of Asphalt and bitumen varies according to
country as well. Beware where you use this term. We will follow Asphalt =
Aggregate + Bitumen throughout this blog.
Bitumen is binding material like cement and Asphalt is
obtained by mixing aggregate and bitumen. So, you can say, bitumen is analogous
to cement while asphalt is analogous to concrete.
Bitumen vs Coal tar
üBitumen is produced from
fractional distillation of crude oil (i.e., raw oil or oil in natural state).
In fractional distillation, different material distills as different temperature
and get separated from mixture.
üCoal tar is produced destructive
distillation of coal and wood in absence of air. Destructive distillation means
by burning.
üBoth are black in color.
Requirement of Bitumen
üNot more sensitive to temperature
i.e., should not
become too soft or unstable during hottest weather and should not become too
brittle causing crack during cold weather.
üAdequate viscosity at the time of mixing which can
be achieved by using cutback bitumen or emulsion bitumen of suitable grades or
by heating bitumen and aggregate before mixing.
üAdequate adhesion i.e., when bitumen is too fluid,
it losses adhesion and when bitumen is too viscous, it is adhesive but cannot
be applied effectively.
Bitumen as last end product
LPG à Gasoline à Petrol à Kerosene à Diesel à Lubricant à Oil à Wax à Bitumen
As you
move towards right, viscosity increases while as you move towards left in the
list, viscosity decreases. It means LPG is least viscous while bitumen is most
viscous in the above list.
Cutback Bitumen
üIt is a type or grade of bitumen
üIt is liquid bitumen
üCutback means reduce something
and in Cutback bitumen, Viscosity is temporarily reduced by adding volatile oil
üAfter application, the oil
evaporates and bitumen gains its original viscosity
Types of Cutback Bitumen
üIf oil is highly volatile then it
evaporates quickly and vice-versa. Based on how quickly, the oil evaporates,
there are three types-
1.Rapid Curing (RC)
2.Medium Curing (MC)
3.Slow Curing (SC)
The types are described below-
1.RC à
Manufactured by solving bitumen in gasoline. It is recommended for surface
dressing and patchwork.
2.MC à
Manufactured by solving bitumen in kerosene. It is recommended for premix with
less quantity of fine aggregate.
3.SC à
Manufactured by solving bitumen in Gasoil or fuel oil or directly from
distillation of crude oil. It is recommended for premix with appreciable
quantity of fine aggregate.
Generally,
MC is used in road. So, we will discuss about MC here.
Medium Curing (MC)
üNow we know that MC-30 is grade of cutback bitumen.
üMC-30 means Medium Curing 30. But
what does 30 represents here?
üMC grades are of following types:
ØMC-30, MC-70, MC-250, MC-800, and MC-3000
üThe number in grade indicates
viscosity. Hence 30 represents minimum viscosity of bitumen.
üMC grades do not immediately
break when comes in contact with aggregate so, it is designed to be mixed with
aggregates.
üOf the above-mentioned grades, we
will discuss about MC-30 and MC-70.
MC-30 and MC-70
üMC-30 has the lowest viscosity
üMC-70 is commonly used as prime
coat
üMC-30 is used for WBM (Water
bound Macadam)
üMC-70 is used for stabilized soil
base/crusher run Macadam
The table below shows viscosity of the above-mentioned
grades.
Grade of Cut back Bitumen
Kinematic viscosity at 60oC (140oF) (mm2/s)
Minimum
Maximum
MC-30
30
60
MC-70
70
140
Advantage of Cutback Bitumen
üCutback bitumen reduces viscosity
so that it can penetrate pavements more effectively or it can be sprayed at
cold temperature where neat bitumen cannot be successfully sprayed
üPenetration grade bitumen has a
thermoplastic property which causes material to soften at higher temperature
and harden at lower temperature
üFluidity of bitumen is obtained
by raising temperature but when it is needed to have fluidity at lower
temperature, cutback bitumen is employed
This blog explains how to make Elevation-Volume-Area Curve using Surface Volume Tool in ARCGIS. The curve is useful for making decision in Hydropower project and to design different components along with determining release policy, etc.
Python uses ‘\’ as escape character so it
cannot be used in path. Either use ‘/’ or ‘\\’ but if you wish to use ‘\’ in
path then put ‘r’ in front of path. Following example illustrates these-
Method 1:
'E:\\HYDROLOGY\\S2\\ArcPY\\OUTPUT'
Method 2:
'E:/HYDROLOGY/S2/ArcPY/OUTPUT'
Method 3:
r'E:\HYDROLOGY\S2\ArcPY\OUTPUT'
r REPRESENTS raw data.
What is ArcPy ?
ArcPy is a python site package. It is used in
python to perform data analysis, data management, ect. Hence, ArcPy helps to
perform the task of GIS in Python.
In Arc Gis version 10, python version used is
2.6, which is installed with ArcGis.
All you need to do is import ArcPy in python
editor and start coding.
How to use Surface
Volumetool to find Elevation-Area-Volume Curve?
Requirement:
·Enable 3D
Anlayst as-
Customize |
Extension | Check on 3D Analyst
·GeoPrecessing
| Geoprocessing Option…|Check on ‘Overwrite the outputs of geoprocessing
operations’
ØThis will append the output data of surface
volume to the existing text file.
ØIf this option is not ticked/checked on then
error occurs if you try to store multiple data to the same text file.
Steps:
1.Import
DEM of the catchment, in ArcGis, you want to find the curve for
2.Open
Python Console and write Code
3.For
single data (area-volume for one elevation only)
(Here i represents the elevation. Area/Volume is found from elevation of
1800 up to 3400 with 200 interval i.e. 1800, 2000, 2200, 2400, …, 3400)
Why stop=3600 but data is calculated up to
3400 only ??
Note: In python
stop value is excluded i.e. 3600 will not be calculated. If you want to
calculate for 3600 then use stop value of greater than 3600 like any one of the
value as - 3601, 3652, 3700, 3800, etc. (all are greater than 3600 so you can
use any of them)