| Author | Chusit Apirumanekul |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.WM-00-13 |
| Subject(s) | Urban hydrology--Bangladesh--Dhaka
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
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| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Flooding in urban areas is an inevitable problem for many cities in south Asia. In Bangladesh,
Dhaka Metropolitan area has faced with water logging for the last years. Even a little rain may
cause serious problems, so some parts of Dhaka are inundated for several days. This leads to
the following problems, such as traffic jams, blackout, economical and environmental
damage, etc.
The drainage system of Dhaka City is simulated by MOUSE. A hydrodynamic model built in
two networks, street and pipe network describes both the flows in the pipes and in the streets
together with the flow exchange between these two systems.
In 1997, Surface Water Modelling Centre carried out a pilot study about Storm Water
Drainage Modelling for Dhaka City. This study is performed as an extension and
improvement of pilot study in terms of updating and analyzing drainage system together with
suggestion of alleviation scenarios to relieve flood problems.
With the output from MOUSE, Geographic Information System (GIS) is used as a tool to
provide flood inundation maps based on digital elevation model (DEM) and simulated water
levels along the street, which mainly cause surface flooding.
Quantifying of physical processes, i.e. to evaluate the importance of infiltration of ground
water to sewer pipes and infiltration from surface flooding to ground water including
evaporation is carried out. In addition, alleviation schemes simulated by urban flooding
modelling are performed for the purpose of flood mitigation.
Sensitivity analysis of hydrological parameter, e.g. time of concentration will be performed to
see how sensitive the model is. |
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Water Engineering and Management (WM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Mark, Ole |
| Examination Committee(s) | Gupta, Ashim Das ;Izumi, Norihiro ;Clemente, Roberto S. ;Paudyal, Guna N. ; Lindberg, Sten
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD)
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| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2001 |