ASSESSMENT OF STEADY FLOW BEHAVIOUR OF KULSI RIVER USING HEC-RAS AND QGIS

Abstract

Sediment transport study is important tools of Kulsi River in the context of river bank erosion, Sedimentation, and water quality management. The initiation of computer technologies has enabled engineers to resolve sediment transport equations through computer simulations. In this study, it is intended to carry out a sediment transport study in the Kulsi River reach with the help of Hydrologic Engineering Centre-River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) and Quantum Geographic information System (QGIS). From the analysis of the model, total sediment erosion and deposition were obtained at different cross sections between the study reach. Kulsi river is Southern tributary of Brahmaputra and it’s originate in Meghalaya (2538N, 9138E) and after travelling 12 km its enter Assam from the place of its origin and linked with Brahmaputra at Nagarbara in Kamrup Metro. The initial version of this sediment model will leverage the wide range of hydraulic capabilities existing in HEC-RAS to compute a series of steady flow profiles used to develop hydrodynamic parameters for sediment transport. In this model where sufficient data is not available, So QGIS and remote sensing used as tools for extraction of bed profile of Kulsi River. HEC-RAS and QGIS are the Software used in this study. This study is carried out to simulate the process of erosion and sedimentation using HEC- RAS model to assess sedimentation and erosion processes in 2.5 Km stretch of Kulsi River from upstream to downstream. The model was calibrated manually for hydraulic parameters of river flow and then sediment transport model was simulated from January 2016 to December 2016. Key Words: Steady flow, HEC-RAS 5.05, QGIS, TCX converter.