The Theoretical Probability Distribution of Peak Outflows of Small Detention Dams

Abstract

The functional relationship between detention dam inflows and outflows was derived in a closed form in a recent work, which led to a theoretically derived probability distribution (TDD) of the peak outflows from in-line detention dams. This TDD is tested using the generalized extreme value (GEV) as a reference distribution for floods.

Keywords

• flood risk
• flood mitigation
• detention dams
• derived probability distribution