Table 6: Summary of follow-up time and critical gap computations at x = 0.85.

Site Model Equations Dry
Flowrate (pcu/h)
Rainfall
Flowrate (pcu/h)
Follow-up Time tf (s)±10% Gap Time tc (s) ±10%
Qe Qc Qe Qc Dry
tf (s)
Rainfall
tf (s)
Dry
tc (s)
Rainfall
tc (s)
01
k=0.95
QE = 2280-1.17Qc-146RL 921 787 861 737 3.91 4.18 4.12 4.28
QE = 2211-1.09Qc-302RM 893 819 770 694 4.03 4.68 3.95 4.59
QE = 2159-1.04Qc-345RH 872 838 732 705 4.13 4.92 3.85 4.51
02
k=0.98
QE = 1967-1.23Qc-71RL 819 666 790 643 4.40 4.56 4.96 5.00
QE = 1908-1.17Qc-191RM 795 679 715 611 4.53 5.03 4.85 5.29
QE = 1805-1.06Qc-264RH 752 710 642 613 4.79 5.61 4.62 5.27
03
k=0.93
QE = 1985-0.99Qc-110RL 785 793 741 749 4.59 4.86 4.09 4.21
QE = 2038-1.04Qc-270RM 806 813 699 706 4.47 5.15 3.98 4.50
QE = 1900-0.92Qc-379RH 751 817 601 647 4.79 5.99 3.96 4.96
04
k=0.97
QE = 1902-1.19Qc-61RL 784 707 758 657 4.59 4.75 4.64 4.88
QE = 1716-0.88Qc-149RM 707 833 646 760 5.09 5.57 3.87 4.14
QE = 1556-0.61Qc-183RH 642 1087 565 961 5.61 6.37 2.86 3.15

Note: RL, RM, RH - light, moderate and heavy rainfall respectively; k-correction factor for entry radius and angles; tf denotes follow-up time; tc denotes critical gap, and x denotes the degree of saturation; Qe denotes entry capacity; Qc denotes circulating capacity