Abstract
Recently, many hazardous flooding cases caused by an irrigation tank overflow under concentrated downpour have been reported. Using a hydrograph to predict the overflow is an important countermeasure against hazardous flooding in the downstream area. Many preceding studies have considered only peak flow discharge without timescale for the hydrograph in the prediction of runoff characteristics due to irrigation tank flow. The present paper deals with the importance of the runoff characteristics and proposes a new index for the hydrograph to evaluate flooding risks in the downstream area, using numerical simulation. The proposed index includes both peak flow discharge and timescale for the hydrograph. Next, the applicability of the two-dimensional numerical simulation model is examined comparing the examples of damage with the in situ experimental results, which were carried out in a narrow channel located in a mountainous site.
