GETTING THE SUMS RIGHT ON STORM-SEWER SYSTEMS

The history of storm sewer design is briefly outlined from the original TRRL hydrograph method published in road note 35 to the present day. The TRRL method is criticised as taking no account of (a) moving rainstorms (b) storage within the catchment (C) future urban development and (D) effects of variation in impermeability of natural surfaces. A review is included of the progress report of the working party on the hydraulic design of storm sewers (March 1974 until June 1975). The author suggests that attention should be paid to defining the inaccuracies of current design methods and mentions areas in which useful research is being carried out. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Municipal Engineering Publications, Limited

  178-202 Portland Street
  London W1N 6NH,   England 
• Authors:
  • Banks, P A
• Publication Date: 1975-4-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 514
• Serial:
  • Municipal Engineering
  • Volume: 153
  • Issue Number: M14
  • Publisher: Municipal Engineering Publications, Limited
  • ISSN: 0263-788X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Design methods; Drainage; Drainage basins; Hydraulic fluids; Hydraulic properties; Hydraulics; Hydrographs; Pipe; Rain; State of the art reports; Storm sewers; Storms; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrograph method
• ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design); 2937: Drainage; 4748: Hydraulic properties; 5431: Hydraulics (fluid); 3361: Pipe; 8588: State of the art report; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Society; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138865
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM