학술논문

Comparing Topology of Engineered and Natural Drainage Networks
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Water Resources Research 53 (2017) 8966-8979
Subject
Physics - Geophysics
Language
Abstract
We investigated the scaling and topology of engineered urban drainage networks (UDNs) in two cities, and further examined UDN evolution over decades. UDN scaling was analyzed using two power-law characteristics widely employed for river networks: (1) Hack's law of length ($L$)-area ($A$) scaling [$L \propto A^{h}$], and (2) exceedance probability distribution of upstream contributing area $(\delta)$ [$P(A\geq \delta) \sim a \delta^{-\epsilon}$]. For the smallest UDNs ($<2 \>\text{km}^2$), length-area scales linearly ($h\sim 1$), but power-law scaling emerges as the UDNs grow. While $P(A\geq \delta)$ plots for river networks are abruptly truncated, those for UDNs display exponential tempering [$P(A\geq \delta) \>\text{=}\> a \delta^{-\epsilon}\exp(-c\delta)$]. The tempering parameter $c$ decreases as the UDNs grow, implying that the distribution evolves in time to resemble those for river networks. However, the power-law exponent $\epsilon$ for large UDNs tends to be slightly larger than the range reported for river networks. Differences in generative processes and engineering design constraints contribute to observed differences in the evolution of UDNs and river networks, including subnet heterogeneity and non-random branching.
Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables