Validation of a 1D-2D dual drainage model under unsteady part-full and surcharged sewer conditions

Abstract

This paper presents a 1D-2D dual drainage model to compute the rainfall-runoff transformation in urban environments. Overland flow in major drainage systems is modelled with the 2D shallow water equations, whereas the flow in a sewer network is computed with the 1D Saint-Venant equations using the two-component pressure approach to model pressure-flow conditions. The surface and sewer network models are linked through manholes, which allow water interchange in both directions. A new series of rainfall–runoff experiments in a real-scale physical model of a street section is used to validate the model under unsteady part-full and pressure flow conditions. The experimental measurements of water depth and discharge at several locations in a drainage network show a very satisfactory performance of the numerical model.