Question

This question relates to "flood routing" in water resources engineering:

In Muskingum Flood Routing, what do the K and X parameters signify? Briefly describe in 3 to 5 sentences how these parameters might get measured in the real-world?

Answer 1

● X values in the Muskingum parameter ranges between (0 to 0.5) and it represents wedge storage.

● K is the time of travel between the inflow and outflow.

X is key parameter of the Muskingum method is a physical parameter that reflects flood peak attenuation and shape flattening of a diffusion wave in motion.

Moreover, is the uniform precondition for representing the physical meaning of the
Muskingum method and satisfying the stability demand of its numerical calculation.

● K is related to time lag or travel time of the flood wave through the channel.

So in the real world we can get value of X by measuring the reduction in the peak value ( peak attenuation) and the value of the K can be get by measuring the time gap in between the inflow and outflow from the channel.

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