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HydraulicDesignManual:HydrologyStudyRequirements

Section4:HydrologyStudyRequirements
Thedesignengineermustcoordinatewiththedistrictofficeatthebeginningofahydrologystudytoestablish
studyrequirements.Typically,TxDOTrequiresthedesignerto:
Selectanappropriatefrequencyfortheeventthatwillbethebasisfordesignorevaluation,
consideringtheriskofcapacityexceedance.Theeventselectedmayrangefromonewitha50%AEP
(2yearevent)toonewitha1%AEP(100yearevent).(DesignFloodandCheckFloodStandards
providesguidanceonselectionoftheriskbasedfloodevent.)
Chooseanappropriatehydrologicanalysismethod,followingguidancegivenherein,andusethat
methodtocomputetheflowfortheselectedfrequency.
Explainandjustifyallassumptions.Thisincludesexplainingandjustifyingchoiceoftheanalysis
methodandchoiceofparametersandotherinputsusedwiththemethods.
Verifyandsupportresults.Thismaybeaccomplished,inpart,bydemonstratingthatthemethodused
fordesignflowcomputationalsocanreproduceobservedstreamflow.Oritmaybeaccomplishedby
comparingresultsoftheselectedmethodwiththoseofvalidalternativemethodsorotherstudiesfor
nearbylocationstoestablishconfidenceinresults.(Drivewayculvertsandstormdrainsmaybe
exemptedfromthisrequirement.)
Provide,inreportsandonplansheets,informationtoenableareviewertounderstandandto
reproducetheresults.Whenusingcomputersoftwareforthecomputations,thiswillrequirethe
designertoidentifytheprogramusedandversion,todisplayallrelevantinputvalues,andtospecify
optionsandmethodsusedinthesoftware.
Calculateflowsforfloodfrequencieslargerthanandsmallerthantheselecteddesignlevel,repeating
thetasksdescribedabove.Thiswillprovidethedesignerwithinformationfortestingtheresiliency
androbustnessofdesigns.

http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/hyd/hydrology_study_requirements.htm

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