Rod Pinheiro, PE, PMP, CFM

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  • HEC-RAS MODELING OF URBAN DRAINAGE USING A PSEUDO 2-D UNSTEADY STATE MODEL

    Presented at the 2013 Texas Floodplain Management Association Conference in Sugarland, Texas in collaborations efforts with AECOM and City of Houston Public Works & Engineering.

    The City of Houston, Skyscraper Shadows Local Drainage Project, is located within the Skyscraper Shadows’ subdivision (approx. 196 acres). Due to residential and roadway flooding, this project area has a history of legal claims which have been reported to the City of Houston and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The City has been involved in a collaboration effort with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to alleviate the flood prone areas within the Skyscraper Shadows’ subdivision. The…

    The City of Houston, Skyscraper Shadows Local Drainage Project, is located within the Skyscraper Shadows’ subdivision (approx. 196 acres). Due to residential and roadway flooding, this project area has a history of legal claims which have been reported to the City of Houston and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The City has been involved in a collaboration effort with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to alleviate the flood prone areas within the Skyscraper Shadows’ subdivision. The proposed project will improve the flaws, inadequacies, and limited capacities of the existing ditch systems. Each potential improvement is restrained by the capacity of the existing roadway ditches and the receiving channel within the vicinity of the project.

    This presentation will use unique modeling methodologies to develop an efficient solution using the tools available within HEC-RAS 4.1.0. Unsteady flow modeling of overland, roadside ditch, and riverine flows were used to model an urban area within the City of Houston. The study area is bound by two drainage channels with internal drainage served largely by roadside ditches. To understand the nature of the interaction between the bounding outfall channels and roadside ditches, unsteady state modeling was required. A pseudo 2-D unsteady state HEC-RAS model was developed to determine the nature of the existing flooding and develop alternatives to alleviate flooding in the area.

    This presentation also details the approach used in the modeling effort and how the RAS Mapper feature in HEC-RAS was used to evaluate a simplified benefit-cost relationship for the City of Houston to use in their evaluation of the proposed project.

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