{"id":2527,"date":"2015-03-25T10:02:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2020-11-18T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:19:53","slug":"storm-drainage-inlet-design-with-dren-urba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/storm-drainage-inlet-design-with-dren-urba\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Drainage Inlet Design with DREN-URBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5c971;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFE38B;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 5.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This tutorial is for the interface and features of Version 1.1 of DREN-URBA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 5.0pt 0cm 5.0pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">With the release of Version 2.0 in November 2015, some features have been modified, as you will see in the corresponding tutorials.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The approach for modeling Urban Drainage Systems with DREN-URBA is very similar to what would be done in the manual calculation: establish the hydraulic characteristics of the streets in the studied sector for, depending on the results, controlling the flood spread through the installment at adequate points in storm drain inlets that allow stormwater catchment.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the Superficial Urban Drainage System is configured, in which the stormwater catchment associated with certain frequency (return period) and duration is performed.<\/p>\n<p>We will see, through an example, the steps for creating this superficial drainage system, <strong>focusing on the important aspects that must be taken into account<\/strong> with respect to the data introduction in DREN-URBA\u2019S Streets Editor Dialog.<\/p>\n<h2>Information Needed to Perform the Urban Drainage Design with DREN-URBA<\/h2>\n<p>Before starting the creation process of the Superficial Urban Drainage System, it is necessary that we have the following information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topographic map of the urban area to study<\/strong>. In the next image, our example sector is shown:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4180\" title=\"sector-for-urban-drainage-system-design\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/01_sector-for-urban-drainage-system-design.png\" alt=\"sector-for-urban-drainage-system-design\" width=\"1816\" height=\"1226\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#167dc1;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#3097DB;border-color:#fcffff;color:#FFFFFF;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\nIn the previous image, the affluent sub basin to the point E4 has been shaded, which we\u2019ll use for the development of this example.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;\">Additionally, the land uses are known: The whole area is planned for residential (single family homes) use, but we have indicated other uses like the Park (P) and Commercial (CC).<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the information that we must extract from plans and maps and how to use DREN-URBA to perform the stormwater drainage system design:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_idea\">\n<li><strong>Street Width<\/strong> (or widths, if there are different types of streets in the sector under analysis). <strong>In this case, the constant street width across the whole sector is 9 m<\/strong>, with sidewalks on each side of 1 m wide and curbs of 0.15 m high.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Street cross slope<\/strong>, in percent. In DREN-URBA, it is possible to specify a cross slope for each street\u2019s margin, although this is not the most frequent condition. For our example, the <strong>cross slope is 2% on both street<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s sides<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Length and Longitudinal slope of each street.<\/strong> As seen in the previous image, each road section has indicated the respective longitudinal slope. The length will be read directly from the drawing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5c971;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFE38B;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\nIt is convenient, in streets with more than 50 m long, <strong>to separate them into sections with length in the order of 50 to 60 m<\/strong>, the average span value for stormwater drainage inlets.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul class=\"list_idea\">\n<li><strong>Drainage Areas (sub basins), in Hectares, at each street\u2019s margin<\/strong>. <strong>For each use or land cover, the value of the area, as well as the respective runoff coefficient <\/strong>to be used in the Rational Formula for calculating the rainfall peak flow, <strong>shall be determined<\/strong>. In our example, we have the following uses:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"371\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Use\/cover<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"199\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Runoff Coefficient<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pavements and sidewalks<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"199\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">0,95<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Residential (single family homes)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"199\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">0,70<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Parks<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"199\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">0,30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Commercial<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"199\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">0,80<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#167dc1;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#3097DB;border-color:#fcffff;color:#FFFFFF;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\nFor <strong>Pavements and Sidewalks<\/strong>, DREN-URBA will automatically calculate the respective area based on the length and the width of the street and sidewalks the user has entered. Those areas will be included in determining the weighted runoff coefficient at each street\u2019s margin.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Other parameters that must be included<\/strong> for storm drainage inlet design with DREN-URBA are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_idea\">\n<li><strong>Maximum Allowable Width of Spread<\/strong> at each street\u2019s margin. For our example, based on the characteristics of the urban sector, and assuming the road classification as \u201clocal streets,\u201d we have chosen a value of 3 m at each edge of the street, so as to maintain, upon the design rainfall occurrence, a free width of 3 m for emergency vehicle traffic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intensity-Duration-Frequency data for the return period to be used in the urban drainage design<\/strong>. In our example, a return period of five years and a minimum rainfall duration of 5 min will be used. The following intensities have been extracted from the Intensity-Duration-frequency curve for the region (for five years of return period):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"589\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"299\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Duration (min)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Intensity (mm\/hr)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"299\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">187<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"299\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">130<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"299\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">101<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>With this information at hand, we are ready to start using DREN-URBA, so <strong>let&#8217;s see the steps to follow<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat\" style=\"font-size:1.5em\">1<\/span>Once the Software is loaded, go to the <strong>File menu<\/strong> and <strong><em>click New<\/em><\/strong>. A new blank project is generated wherein the Streets in our example sector will be created so as to conform the Superficial Urban Drainage System.<\/p>\n<span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat\" style=\"font-size:1.5em\">2<\/span>Since all the streets of the sector under study have the same geometry, it is convenient to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/setting-default-parameters-in-dren-urba-for-urban-drainage-system-design\">Default Values Settings<\/a> option in DREN-URBA to minimize the process of creating and editing Streets. With the data from the urban sector, we would have the following view for the Default Values Dialog (<strong><em>Project menu<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2192Default Values Settings<\/em><\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4181\" title=\"Default-parameters-to-be-used-on-urban-drainage-system-design\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/02_Default-parameters-to-be-used-on-urban-drainage-system-design.jpg\" alt=\"Default-parameters-to-be-used-on-urban-drainage-system-design\" width=\"683\" height=\"442\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#167dc1;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#3097DB;border-color:#fcffff;color:#FFFFFF;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\nNote that, in the case of the fields grouped in the <strong>Drainage Areas Parameters box<\/strong>, we have chosen to place the most frequent land\u2019s runoff coefficient (corresponding to residential use, 0,7). We have also chosen to automatically perform the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/setting-default-parameters-in-dren-urba-for-urban-drainage-system-design\/#tablaVelEscurrimiento\" style=\"color:#444444;\">superficial concentration time<\/a> (Sheet flow travel time, Tsft) calculation, entering the average flow path length from parcels to the street, its mean slope, and assuming land with no cover.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Click OK<\/em><\/strong> to close the dialog and return to the main window.<\/p>\n<span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat\" style=\"font-size:1.5em\">3<\/span>The next step involves the <strong>creation of the Intensity-Duration-Frequency table<\/strong> for our project, according to what we\u2019ve seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/creating-the-intensity-duration-frequency-table-in-dren-urba-to-automatically-determine-the-stormwater-flow-in-your-design\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat\" style=\"font-size:1.5em\">4<\/span>Next, we have to <strong>start creating streets<\/strong> so as <strong>to define the Superficial Urban Drainage System<\/strong>; for it shall be specified, for each street\u2019s margin or side, the values \u200b\u200brequested by DREN-URBA. But first it is important to consider the following:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_star\">\n<li>It is advisable to <strong>start the streets creation from the most downstream one (based on the sector<\/strong><strong>\u2019s general runoff path)<\/strong> and, from here, make the creation of the upper streets until the most upstream one.<\/li>\n<li>Based on the above, <strong>the street<\/strong><strong>\u2019s margins (left and right) will be defined based on the upslope<\/strong>, i.e., inversely related to the flow path (longitudinal slope) of each street:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4182\" title=\"Streets-margins-definition-for-urban-drainage-design\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/03_Streets-margins-definition-for-urban-drainage-design.jpg\" alt=\"Streets-margins-definition-for-urban-drainage-design\" width=\"450\" height=\"525\"><\/p>\n<p>Thus, <strong>let&#8217;s start with the creation of the most downstream street, the E4-E3<\/strong>, ensuring the <strong>Superficial Drainage <\/strong>tab is active and<strong><em> clicking the <\/em>Insert Street<em> button:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4183\" title=\"Adding-streets-for-urban-drainage-design-in-DREN-URBA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/04_Adding-streets-for-urban-drainage-design-in-DREN-URBA.png\" alt=\"Adding-streets-for-urban-drainage-design-in-DREN-URBA\" width=\"520\" height=\"312\"><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Streets Editor<\/strong> will be shown, and we\u2019ll enter the highlighted data in the figure below (remember that much of the information will be automatically entered based on what was previously established in Default Values Settings):<\/p>\n<h3>Geometry Tab:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4184\" title=\"Example-street-geometry\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05_Example-street-geometry.jpg\" alt=\"Example-street-geometry\" width=\"701\" height=\"504\"><\/p>\n<p>One aspect to consider is relative to the list on the Geometry Tab\u2019s top right. <strong>Here&#8217;s where the <\/strong><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>streets<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong> <strong>network<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong> <strong>(thinking in stormwater drainage flow paths) is specified.<\/strong> Thus, we have the following situations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_star\">\n<li>Only <strong>one Street Discharging must exist at &lt;&lt;None&gt;&gt; option<\/strong>, being this street the most downstream one in the Superficial Drainage System under study.<\/li>\n<li>For the remaining streets, <strong>you must specify at which margin of the receiving street is the actual one discharging;<\/strong> there may be situations such as those highlighted in the following image:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4185\" title=\"Setting-streets-interconnection-in-dren-urba\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/06_Setting-streets-interconnection-in-dren-urba.jpg\" alt=\"Setting-streets-interconnection-in-dren-urba\" width=\"610\" height=\"594\"><\/p>\n<h3>Drainage Areas Tab:<\/h3>\n<p>In this tab, the affluent drainage areas other than Pavements and Sidewalks must be specified for each street\u2019s margin.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, <strong><em>we<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2019<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ll select the Left option<\/em><\/strong> in the <strong>See Areas Assigned to the margin<\/strong> field and <strong><em>click the Insert drainage area button:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4186\" title=\"Creating-a-new-drainage-area\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/07_Creating-a-new-drainage-area.jpg\" alt=\"Creating-a-new-drainage-area\" width=\"716\" height=\"248\"><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Drainage Areas dialog<\/strong> will be shown, in which <strong><em>we<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u2019<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ll enter the following data<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4187\" title=\"Area-and-land-use-left-margin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/08_Area-and-land-use-left-margin.png\" alt=\"Area-and-land-use-left-margin\" width=\"570\" height=\"355\"><\/p>\n<p>We have also modified, besides the runoff coefficient assigned by default, the value of the flow path length from the parcels to the street\u2019s left margin, although this does not represent a significant change in the calculated surface concentration time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Click OK<\/em><\/strong> to close the <strong>Drainage Areas dialog<\/strong> and return to the left margin table:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4171\" title=\"Drainage-area-assigned-to-the-street-left-margin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/09_Drainage-area-assigned-to-the-street-left-margin.jpg\" alt=\"Drainage-area-assigned-to-the-street-left-margin\" width=\"716\" height=\"282\"><\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s <strong><em>change to the Right margin<\/em><\/strong>, to perform the same sequence and finally get a view like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4172\" title=\"Drainage-area-assigned-to-the-street-right-margin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10_Drainage-area-assigned-to-the-street-right-margin.jpg\" alt=\"Drainage-area-assigned-to-the-street-right-margin\" width=\"716\" height=\"288\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#167dc1;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#3097DB;border-color:#fcffff;color:#FFFFFF;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><strong>To edit the <\/strong><strong>\u200b\u200b<\/strong><strong>entered values for each area<\/strong>, <strong><em>select the row with the area being edited<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>click the Edit Area button<\/em><\/strong> at the upper right. Similarly, having made the selection, in order to delete it, <strong><em>click the Delete Area button<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4173\" title=\"edit-or-delete-drainage-areas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11_edit-or-delete-drainage-areas.png\" alt=\"edit-or-delete-drainage-areas\" width=\"716\" height=\"296\"><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Inlets Tab<\/h3>\n<p>This tab <strong>is where we\u2019ll<\/strong> specify the type and characteristics of the Storm Drain Inlet that will be part of the superficial catchment system at each street\u2019s margin, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>By now, while the runoff flow calculation is not performed, we will not specify any Storm Drain Inlet on the margins of our streets, in order to get an overview of the system performance without inlets; then, depending on the results obtained, we will be establishing if they\u00b4re really necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Click OK<\/em><\/strong> to close the Streets Editor, and see that <strong>an entry has been created, with two rows, on the Superficial Drainage table:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4174\" title=\"Street-data-for-urban-drainage-project\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/12_Street-data-for-urban-drainage-project.png\" alt=\"Street-data-for-urban-drainage-project\" width=\"622\" height=\"341\"><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s introduce, in the same way as with the first street, the remaining streets, in order to obtain the following table:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4175\" title=\"superficial-stormwater-drainge-system\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/13_superficial-stormwater-drainge-system.jpg\" alt=\"superficial-stormwater-drainge-system\" width=\"642\" height=\"589\"><\/p>\n<h2>Performing the Superficial Urban Drainage parameters calculation and determining the Need for Stormwater Catchment using Drain Inlets<\/h2>\n<p>Now that the Superficial urban drainage system is configured, it is time to run the calculation for the five years return period so we can get the hydraulic parameters at each side of each street.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Click on the Start the Calculation<\/em><\/strong> button, after <strong><em>selecting the five years return period<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4176\" title=\"Starting-the-urban-drainage-calculation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/14_Starting-the-urban-drainage-calculation.jpg\" alt=\"Starting-the-urban-drainage-calculation\" width=\"503\" height=\"235\"><\/p>\n<p>If there are no errors, a message dialog will be shown on the screen, informing us that the calculation has been successful. After closing this dialog, we shall see the Superficial Drainage table with the updated values.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For this analysis, we will go to the right side of the table<\/em><\/strong> to determine where, if any, the allowable spread width (3 m) has been exceeded:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4177\" title=\"stormwater-drainage-calculation-without-drain-inlets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/15_stormwater-drainage-calculation-without-drain-inlets.png\" alt=\"stormwater-drainage-calculation-without-drain-inlets\" width=\"877\" height=\"557\"><\/p>\n<p>As we see, there are four streets that have exceeded the design spread on both margins, <strong>thus indicating the need to configure a Stormwater Collection System through the use of drainage inlets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the many possible solutions for the configuration and combination of the Stormwater Drainage Inlets in the streets with problems, <strong>we have chosen to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/types-of-drain-inlets-for-stormwater-collection-available-in-dren-urba\">Curb-opening Generic inlet<\/a> with a window length of 3 m.<\/strong> The following results are obtained after changes are done:<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"resSuperficial\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4178\" title=\"stormwater-drainage-calculation-with-drainage-inlets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/16_stormwater-drainage-calculation-with-drainage-inlets.jpg\" alt=\"stormwater-drainage-calculation-with-drainage-inlets\" width=\"910\" height=\"417\"><\/p>\n<p>Here we see that the design spread requirement is satisfied by placing eight drainage inlets for collecting the stormwater in the studied area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5c971;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFE38B;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\nThe generated Project files can be found on &#8220;Ejemplos&#8221; folder, created with the DREN-URBA installation on your computer:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Superficial urban drainage system with no stormwater Drainage inlets<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Superficial urban drainage system with stormwater Drainage inlets<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The approach for modeling Urban Drainage Systems with DREN-URBA is very similar to what would be done in the manual calculation: establish the hydraulic characteristics of the streets in the studied sector for, depending on the results, controlling the flood spread through the installment at adequate points in storm drain inlets that allow stormwater catchment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[254,90,163,170,169],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-urban-drainage-software","tag-captacion-de-aguas-pluviales-en","tag-drainage-system-design","tag-storm-drain-inlet","tag-stormwater-drainage-systems","tag-urban-drainage","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7961,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions\/7961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hidrasoftware.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}